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50 Cards in this Set
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abscond
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steal off and hide
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aberrant
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deviating from the norm
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alacrity
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eager willingness
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approbation
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expression of approval
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assuage
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to ease/lessen, appease/pacify
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austere
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bare, simple, without adornment
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axiomatic
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taken as a given, truth
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capricious
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include to change ones mind impulsively, erratic
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chicanery
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trickery
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convoluted
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complex
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disabuse
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to undeceive, set right
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discordant
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conflicting, harsh in sound
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disparate
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fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
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effrontery
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extreme boldness
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enervate
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to weaken
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ennui
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dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom and apathy
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equivocate
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use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
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exculpate
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to clear of blame
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exigent
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urgent, requires immediate action
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extemporaneous
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improvised
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fulminate
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loudly attack, denounce
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ingenuous
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artless, frank, lacking in sophistication
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inured
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accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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irascible
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easily angered
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laud
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praise
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magnanimity
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being generously noble in mind and heart, esp in forgiving
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nascent
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coming into being, early developmental stages
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nebulous
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vague, cloudy
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neologism
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new word, expression, or usage, creation of new word
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noxious
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harmful, injurious
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obtuse
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lacking sharpness of intellect, not clear in thought or expression
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obviate
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to anticipate and make unnecessary, avoid
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paean
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song of praise of thanksgiving
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perennial
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recurrent through the year or many years
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perfidy
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Deceitfulness; untrustworthiness
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perfunctory
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done without care or interest
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perspicacious
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Having a ready insight into and understanding of things
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prattle
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babble meaninglessly, talk in an empty manner
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precipitate
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to happen before anticipated
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predilection
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a disposition in favor of something, preference
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prescience
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foreknowledge of events
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reticent
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quiet, reserved
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solicitous
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concerned and attentive, eager
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sordid
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ignoble actions, dirty/filthy
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synthesis
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combination of parts to make a whole
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tortuous
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winding, twisting, complicated
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truculent
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fierce and cruel, eager to fight
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veracity
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truthfulness, honesty
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virulent
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harmful/poisonous, hostile/antagonistic
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voracious
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Wanting or devouring great quantities of food, Having a very eager approach to an activity
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