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30 Cards in this Set
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Abate
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subside or moderate
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Welter
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Confusion; turmoil, bewildering jumble
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Assuage
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ease or lessen(pain), satisfy (hunger), soothe (anger)
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diatribe
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A bitter, abusive denunciation, thunderous verbal attack
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Diffidence
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shyness or timidity
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Abstemious
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eating and drinking in moderation and sparingly
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Aver
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To justify or prove, state confidently
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Caustic
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Capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action, sarcastically biting
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Belie
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misrepresent, give a false impression, To be counter to; contradict,
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Arduous
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hard, strenous, demanding great effort or labor; difficult
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Assiduous
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diligent, marked by care and persistent effort
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distend
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To swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure, dilate.
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Banal
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hackneyed, commonplace, trite, lacking originality
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Disabuse
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To free from a falsehood or misconception or to correct a false impression
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Austere
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Severe or stern in disposition or appearance; somber and grave, Strict or severe in discipline
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Approbation
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Approval, An expression of warm approval; praise
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Artless
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Having or displaying no guile, cunning, or deceit
without guile; open and honest |
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Ascetic
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Leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial, especially for spiritual improvement.
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divest
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To strip (To strip, as of clothes) To deprive as of rights or property; dispossess
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ebullient
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showing excitement, overflowing with enthusiasm
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eclectic
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Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems
Made up of or combining elements from a variety of sources |
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vituperative
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abusive, scolding, marked by harshly abusive censure.
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torpor
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lethargy, sluggishness, dormancy
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efficacy
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Power or capacity to produce a desired effect; effectiveness
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enervate
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weaken, To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality
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elegy
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peom or song expressing lamentation
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disinterested
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Free of bias and self-interest; impartial, unprejudiced
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equanimity
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calmness of temperant, compusre, The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure.
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effrontery
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insolent boldness, Brazen boldness; presumptuousness
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equivocate
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To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information, intentionally mislead, attempt to conceal the truth
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