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26 Cards in this Set
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Abbreviated Communication
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abridge
compendium cursory curtail syllabus synopsis terse |
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Act Quickly
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abrupt
apace headlong impetuous precipitate |
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Assist
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abet
advocate ancillary bolster corroborate countenance espouse mainstay munificent proponent stalwart sustenance |
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Bad Mood
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bilious
dudgeon irascible pettish petulant pique querulous umbrage waspish |
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Beginner/Amateur
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dilettante
fledgling neophyte novitiate proselyte tyro |
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Beginning/Young
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burgeoning
callow engender inchoate incipient nascent |
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Biting (as in wit or temperament)
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acerbic
acidulous acrimonious asperity caustic mordacious mordant trenchant |
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Bold
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audacious
courageous dauntless |
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Boring
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banal
fatuous hackneyed insipid mundane pedestrian platitude prosaic quotidian trite |
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Carousal
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bacchanalian
debauchery depraved dissipated iniquity libertine libidinous licentious reprobate ribald salacious sordid turpitude |
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Changing Quickly
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capricious
mercurial volatile |
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Copy
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counterpart
emulate fascsimile factitious paradigm precursor quintessence simulated vicarious |
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Criticize/Criticism
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aspersion
belittle berate calumny castigate decry defamation denounce deride/derisive diatribe disparage excoriate gainsay harangue impugn inveigh lambaste objurgate obloquy opprobrium pillory rebuke remonstrate reprehend reprove revile tirade vituperate |
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Death/Mourning
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bereave
cadaver defunct demise dolorous elegy knell lament macabre moribund obsequies sepulchral wraith |
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Denying of Self
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abnegate
abstain ascetic spartan stoic temperate |
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Dictorial
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authoritarian
despotic dogmatic hegemonic (hegemony) imperious peremptory tyrannical |
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Difficult to Understand
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abstruse
ambiguous arcane bemusing cryptic enigmatic esoteric inscrutable obscure opaque paradoxical perplexing recondite turbid |
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Disgusting/Offensive
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defile
fetid invidious noisome odious putrid rebarbative |
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Easy to Understand
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articulate
cogent eloquent evident limpid lucid pellucid |
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Eccentric/Dissimilar
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aberrant
anachronism anomalous discrete eclectic esoteric iconoclast |
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Embarrass
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abash
chagrin compunction contrition diffidence expiate foible gaucherie rue |
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Equal
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equitable
equity tantamount |
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Falsehood
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apocryphal
canard chicanery dissemble duplicity equivocate erroneous ersatz fallacious feigned guile mendacious/mendacity perfidy prevaricate specious spurious |
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Family
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conjugal
consanguine distaff endogamous filial fratricide progenitor scion |
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Favoring/Not Impartial
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ardor/ardent
doctrinaire fervid partisan tendentious zealot |
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Forgive
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absolve
acquit exculpate exonerate expiate palliate redress vindicate |
