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67 Cards in this Set
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ACERBIC
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HAVING A SOUR OR BITTER TASTE OR CHARACTER
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AMALGAMATE
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TO COMBINE SEVERAL ELEMENTS INTO A WHOLE
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AMENEABLE
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AGREEABLE; RESPONSIVE TO SUGGESTION
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BOLSTER
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TO PROVIDE SUPPORT OR REINFORCEMENT
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BOMBAST
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SELF-IMPORTANT OR POMPOUS WRITING OR SPEECH
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BOMBASTIC
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POMPUOS; GRANDILOQUENT
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CREDULOUS
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TENDING TO BELIEVE TOO READILY; GUILIBLE
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DIATRIBE
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A HARSH DENOUNCIATION
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FAWN
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TO FLATTER OR PRAISE EXCESSIBLY
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FERVENT
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GREATLY EMOTIONAL OR ZEALUOS
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FLOUT
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TO DEMONSTRATE CONTEMPT FOR; AS IN A RULE OR CONVENTION
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FORTITOUS
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HAPPENING BY FORTUNATE ACCIDENT OR CHANCE
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GARRULOUS
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POINTLESSLY TALKATIVE, TALKING TOO MUCH
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GERMANE
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RELEVANT TO THE SUBJECT AT HAND; APPROPRIATE IN SUBJECT MATTER
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GLIB
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MARKED BY EASE OR INFORMALITY; NONCHALANT (coolly unconcerned, indifferent, or unexcited; casual); LACKING IN DEPTH; SUPERFICIAL
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HALCYON
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CALM AND PEACEFUL
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HUBRIS
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ARROGANT PRESUMPTION OR PRIDE
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IDOLATROUS
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GIVEN TO INTENSE OR EXCESSIVE DEVOTION TO SOMETHING
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IMMINENT
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ABOUT TO HAPPEN; IMPENDING
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IMPERTURBABLE
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MARKED BY EXTREME CALM, IMPASSITIVITY AND STEADINESS
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IMPETUOUS
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HASTLY OR RASHLY ENERGETIC; IMPULSIVE AND VEHEMENT (marked by great energy or exertion; strenuous)
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IMPLACABLE
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NOT CAPABLE OF BEING APPEASED OR SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED
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INDIFFERENT
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HAVING NO INTEREST OR CONCERN; SHOWING NO BIAS OR PREJUDICE
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INTREPID
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STEADFAST (firmly fixed in place or position) AND CORAGEOUS
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LACONIC
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USING A FEW WORDS
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MALLEABLE
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CAPABLE OF BEING SHAPED OR FORMED; TRACTABLE; PLIABLE
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MAVERICK
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AN INDEPENDENT INDIVIDUAL WHO DOES NOT GO ALONG WITH A GROUP OR PARTY
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MENDACITY
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THE CONDITION OF BEING UNTRUTHFUL; DISHONESTY
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MERCURIAL
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CHARACTERIZED BY RAPID AND UNPREDICTABLE CHANGE IN MOOD
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METICULOUS
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CHARACTERIZED BY EXTREME CARE AND PRECISION; ATTENTIVE TO DETAIL
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MOLLIFY
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TO CALM OR SOOTHE; REDUCE IN EMOTIONAL INTENSITY
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OBDURATE
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UNYIELDING; unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; INTRACTABLE
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OBFUSCATE
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TO DELIVERATELY OBSCURE; TO MAKE CONFUSING
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OBSEQUIOUS
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EXHIBITING A FAWNING ATTENTIVENESS
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OBSTINATE
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STUBBORN; HARDHEADED; adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty; UNCOMPROMISING
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OPPROBRIUM
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DISGRACE; CONTEMPT; SCORN
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OSTENTATIOUS
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CHARACTERIZED BY OR GIVEN TO PRETENTIOUSNESS
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PEDANTIC
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THE PARADING OF LEARNING; EXCESSIVE ATTENTION TO MINUTIAE AND FORMAL RULES
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PERVADE
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TO PERMEATE THROUGHOUT
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PERVASIVE
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HAVING THE TENDENCYTO PERMEATE OR SPREAD THROUGHOUT
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PHLEGMATIC
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CALM; SLUGGISH; UNEMOTIONAL; apathetic
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PIRATE
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TO ILLEGALLY USE OR REPRODUCE
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PLETHORA
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SURPLUS; OVERABUNDACE
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POLEMICAL
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CONTROVERSIAL; ARGUMENTATIVE
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PRAGMATIC
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PRACTICAL RATHER THAN IDEALISTIC
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RANCOROUS
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CHARACTERIZAED BY BITTER, LONG LASTING RESENTMENT
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RHETORIC
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THE ART OR STUDY OF EFFECTIVE USE OF LANGUAGE FOR COMMUNICATION AND PERSUATION
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SALUBRIOUS
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PROMOTING HEALTH OR WELL-BEING
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SEDULOUS
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DILIGENT; PERSISTENT; HARD-WORKING
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SOLVENT
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ABLE TO MEET FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS; ABLE TO DISSOLVE ANOTHER SUBSTANCE
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WAG
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WIT, JOKER; person fond of making jokes
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ANODINE
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soothing, something that assuages or allays(To reduce the intensity of; relieve) pain
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TABLE
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TO REMOVE FROM CONSIDERATION
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CAVIL
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TO FIND FAULT WITHOUT GOOD REASON
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EXECRATE
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DENOUNCE, FEEL LOATHING FOR, CURSE, TO DECLARE TO BE EVIL
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PROPITIATE
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TO APPEASE; TO CONSILIATE
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STYGIAN
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GLOOMY, DARK
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MINATORY
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MENANCING; THREATENING
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HETERODOX
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not in accordance with established or accepted doctrines or opinions; UNORTHODOX; HERETICAL; ICONOCLASTIC
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QUALIFY
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TO LIMIT
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ESCHEW
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to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid
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SURFEIT
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ABUNDANT SUPPLY; EXCESS; TO FEED OR SUPPLY TO EXCESS
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EXEGESIS
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CRITICAL EXAMINATION, EXPLICATION
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BROOK
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TO TOLERATE, ENDURE COUNTENANCE; to bear; suffer
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EXPIATE
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TO ATONE(to make up, as for errors or deficiencies ) OR MAKE AMENDS FOR
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DEBACLE
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a general breakup or dispersion; sudden downfall or rout(a defeat with disorderly flight); FIASCO, COMPLETE FAILURE
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SPECIOUS
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SEEMING TRUE BUT FALLACIOUS; MISLEADINGLY ATTRACTIVE
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