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47 Cards in this Set
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abscond
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to depart clandestinely
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aberrant
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deviating form the norm
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alacrity
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eager and enthusiastic willingness
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anomaly
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deviation from the normal order or form
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approbation
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expression of approval or praise
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arduous
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strenuous, taxing
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assuage
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to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
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audacious
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daring and fearless; recklessly bold
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austere
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without adornment;bare;severely simple; ascetic
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axiomatic
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taken as a given; possessing self eveident truth
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canonical
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following or in agreement with accepted
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capricious
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inclined to change one's mind impulsively
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censure
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to criticize severely
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chicanery
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rickery or subterfuge
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connoisseur
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an informed and astute judge in matters of taste
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convoluted
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complex or complicated
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disabuse
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to undeceive; to set right
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discordant
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conflicting
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diparate
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fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
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effrontery
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extreme boldness
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canonical
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following or in agreement with accepted
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capricious
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inclined to change one's mind impulsively
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censure
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to criticize severely
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chicanery
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rickery or subterfuge
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connoisseur
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an informed and astute judge in matters of taste
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convoluted
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complex or complicated
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disabuse
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to undeceive; to set right
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discordant
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conflicting
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diparate
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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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equivocate
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to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
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exculpate
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exonerate; remove from blame
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exigent
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urgent, pressing
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extemporaneous
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improvised
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fulminate
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to loudly attack or denounce
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ingenuous
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artless; frank and candid
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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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to praise highly
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magnanimity
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the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart
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nascent
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coming into being
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magnanimity
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the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart
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magnanimity
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the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart
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magnanimity
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the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart
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neologism
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a new word, expression, or usage
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nascent
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coming into being
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