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42 Cards in this Set
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aberration
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something that differs from the norm
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abhor
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to hate, detest
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acquiesce
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to agree without protesting
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alacrity
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eagerness, speed
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amiable
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friendly
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appease
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to calm, satisfy
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arcane
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obscure, secret, known only by a few
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avarice
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excessive greed
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brazen
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excessively bold, brash, clear and obvious
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brusque
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short, abrupt, dismissive
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cajole
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to urge, coax
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callous
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harsh, cold, unfeeling
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calumny
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a false, slanderous statement.
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candor
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honesty, frankness
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chide
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to voice disapproval
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circumspect
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cautious
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clandestine
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secret
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coerce
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to make somebody do something by force or threat
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coherent
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logically consistent, intelligible
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complacency
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self-satisfied ignorance of danger
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confidant
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a person entrusted with secrets
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connive
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to plot, scheme
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crepuscular
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of or like twilight; dim
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cumulative
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increasing, building upon itself
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debase
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to lower the quality or esteem of something
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decry
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to criticize openly
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deferential
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showing respect for anothers authority
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demure
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quiet, modest, reserved
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deride
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to laugh at mockingly, scorn
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despot
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one who has total power and rules brutally
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diligent
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showing care in doing ones work
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elated
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overjoyed, thrilled
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eloquent
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expressive, articulate, moving
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embezzle
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to steal money by falsifying records
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empathy
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sensitivity to anothers feelings as if they were ones own
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enmity
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ill will, hatred, hostility
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erudite
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learned
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fabricate
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to make up, invent
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feculent
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full of foul matter; laden or polluted with filth; fetid.
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feral
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wild, savage
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flabbergasted
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astounded
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forsake
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to give up, renounce
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