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200 Cards in this Set
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aberrant
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(adj) abnormal
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heteroclite
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(adj) abnormal
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preternatural
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(adj) abnormal/supernatural
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precipitate
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(adj) abrupt
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headlong
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(adj) abrupt (adv) recklessly
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curt
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(adj) abrupt/blunt
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inscrutable
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(adj) abstruse
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opaque
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(adj) abstruse
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ancillary
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(adj) auxiliary/accompanying
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adventitious
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(adj) accidental
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inure
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(v) familiarize
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professed
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(adj) alleged
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purported
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(adj) alleged
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droll
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(adj) funny
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antediluvian
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(adj) ancient
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semblant
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(adj) apparent
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ostensible
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(adj) seemingly true but not
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filial
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(adj) appropriate for a child
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stratified
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(adj) arranged in layers
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imperious
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(adj) arrogant, domineering
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haughty
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(adj) arrogent <-> obsequious
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factitious
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(adj) artificial
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perspicacious
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(adj) astute
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doughty
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(adj) audacious
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game
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(adj) audacious
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plucky
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(adj) audacious
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valiant
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(adj) audacious
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valorous
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(adj) audacious
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gallant
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(adj) audacious/gracious
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stout
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(adj) audacious/strong
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spartan
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(adj) austere; simple/bare
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bilious
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(adj) bad-natured
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incipient
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(adj) beginning to exist
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contentious
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(adj) belligerent
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chauvinistic
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(adj) biased
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prepossessed
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(adj) biased
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tendentious
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(adj) biased
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unindifferent
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(adj) biased
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partisan
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(adj) biased (n) strong supporter
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inane
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(adj) bland
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insipid
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(adj) bland
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insipid
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(adj) bland
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vapid
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(adj) bland
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audacious
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(adj) bold
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onerous
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(adj) burdensome
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oppressive
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(adj) burdensome
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taxing
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(adj) burdensome
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exigent
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(adj) burdensome/pressing
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vitriolic
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(adj) caustic, sharp
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halcyon
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(adj) calm
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hushed
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(adj) calm
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placid
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(adj) calm
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phlegmatic phlegm
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(adj) apathetic (n) indifference
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forthright
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(adj) candid
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unvarnished
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(adj) candid
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conscientious
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(adj) careful/meticulous
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scrupulous
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(adj) careful/meticulous
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mordacious
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(adj) caustic, biting
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pristine
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(adj) clean
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limpid
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(adj) clear and simple in style
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canny
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(adj) clever/frugal
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pedestrian
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(adj) commonplace
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prosaic
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(adj) commonplace; relating to prose
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Byzantine
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(adj) complicated
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daedal
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(adj) complicated
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gordian
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(adj) complicated
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knotty
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(adj) complicated
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labyrinthine
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(adj) complicated
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compendious
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(adj) concise
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bemusing
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(adj) confused
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anfractuous
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(adj) convoluted
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flexuous
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(adj) convoluted
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tortuous
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(adj) convoluted
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depraved
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(adj) corrupted morally
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venal
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(adj) corruptible
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spurious
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(adj) counterfeit; false
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craven
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(adj) cowardly
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pusillanimous
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(adj) cowardly
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fell
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(adj) cruel (v) chop, cut down
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sardonic
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(adj) cynical, scornfully mocking
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diurnal
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(adj) daily
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specious
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(adj) deceptively attractive
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despondent
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(adj) depressed
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errant
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(adj) devious/fallible
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disparate
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(adj) different
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dissimilar
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(adj) different
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variant
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(adj) different
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divergent
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(adj) different/abnormal
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ingratiating
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(adj) disarming
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mendacious/mendacity
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(adj) dishonest (n) a lie
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perfidious
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(adj) disloyal
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recreant
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(adj) disloyal; cowardly
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discrete
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(adj) distinct, separate
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quotidian
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(adj) diurnal/banal
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hegemonic (hegemony)
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(adj) domineering (n) domination, usually by a country
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imperative
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(adj) domineering/pressing
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fey
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(adj) doomed
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forlorn
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(adj) abandoned; despairing / pitiful in appearance
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bacchanalian
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(adj) drunkenly festive
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plastic
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(adj) ductile
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pliable
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(adj) ductile
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supple
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(adj) ductile
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moribund
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(adj) dying, decaying
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ebullient
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(adj) enthusiastic
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tantamount
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(adj) equivalent in value or significance; amounting to
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amatory
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(adj) erotic
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recondite
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(adj) esoteric
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superfluous
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(adj) excess
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plaintive
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(adj) expressing sorrow
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equitable
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(adj) fair
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ersatz
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(adj) fake
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sophistic
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(adj) fallacious
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propitious
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(adj) favorable, advantageous
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dolorous
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(adj) feeling or expressing great sorrow
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truculent
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(adj) fierce; ready to fight
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fulsome
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(adj) flattering excessively; excessive
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epicurean
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(adj) food lover
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asinine
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(adj) foolish
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fatuous
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(adj) foolish
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portentous portent
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(adj) foreshadowing (n) omen
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fetid
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(adj) foul-smelling, putrid
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pettish
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(adj) fretful, irritable
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amicable
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(adj) friendly
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sparing
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(adj) frugal
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corybantic
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(adj) furious
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frenzied
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(adj) furious
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magnanimous
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(adj) generous
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munificent
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(adj) generous
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unstinting
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(adj) generous
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amiable
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(adj) gentle
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saturnine
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(adj) gloomy
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morose
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(adj) gloomy, sullen
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august
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(adj) grand
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exalted
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(adj) grand
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sublime
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(adj) grand
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effulgent
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(adj) grant
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unctuous
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(adj) greasy, oily; smug and falsely earnest
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covetous
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(adj) greedy
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rapacious
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(adj) greedy; predatory
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macabre
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(adj) gruesome, producing horror
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credulous
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(adj) gullible
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susceptible
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(adj) gullible
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effusive
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(adj) gushing (excessively demonstrative)
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indolent
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(adj) habitually lazy, idle
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deleterious
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(adj) harmful
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noxious
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(adj) harmful, unwholesome
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baleful
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(adj) harmful, with evil intentions
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scathing
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(adj) harshly critical; painfully hot
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raucous
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(adj) harsh-sounding; boisterous
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cursory
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(adj) hastily done, superficial
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retrograde
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(adj) having a backward motion or direction
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sententious
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(adj) having a moralizing tone
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elegiac elegy
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(adj) having a mournful quality (n) mournful poem
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prescient
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(adj) having foresight
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salubrious
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(adj) healthful
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salutary
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(adj) health-promoting, beneficial
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inimical
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(adj) hostile
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esurient
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(adj) hungry, greedy
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soporific
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(adj) hypnotic
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lackadaisical
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(adj) idle, lazy; apathetic, indifferent
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illusory
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(adj) illusive
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malevolent
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(adj) ill-willed
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callow
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(adj) immature
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jejune
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(adj) immature/undernourished/bland
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licentious
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(adj) immoral; unrestrained by society
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peremptory
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(adj) imperative; dictatorial
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quiescent quiescence
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(adj) inactive, at rest (n) inactivity, stillness
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querulous
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(adj) inclined to complain, irritable
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irreconcilable
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(adj) incompatible
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oblique
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(adj) indirect, evasive; misleading, devious
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dissipated
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(adj) indulging in sexual pleasure
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turgid
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(adj) inflated/overblown
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insinuating
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(adj) ingratiating
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saccharine
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(adj) ingratiating
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abortive
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(adj) interrupted while incomplete
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choleric
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(adj) irascible
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testy
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(adj) irascible
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anomalous
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(adj) iregular or devious from the norm
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cantankerous
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(adj) irritable
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irascible
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(adj) irritable
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ornery
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(adj) irritable/cheap
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vexing
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(adj) irritating/confusing
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rebarbative
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(adj) irritating; repellent
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jocular
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(adj) jovial, playful, humorous
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inchoate
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(adj) just begun; disorganized
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regal
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(adj) kinglike
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chivalry
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(adj) knighted era
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tardy
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(adj) late
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abeyant
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(adj) latent
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prepatent
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(adj) latent
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ludicrous
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(adj) laughable, ridiculous
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opulent
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(adj) lavish
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profuse
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(adj) lavish
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comatose
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(adj) lethargic
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enervated
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(adj) lethargic
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languid
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(adj) lethargic
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torpid
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(adj) lethargic
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invidious
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(adj) likely to provoke ill will, offensive
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viviacious
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(adj) lively
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strident
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(adj) loud, harsh, unpleasantly noisy
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