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30 Cards in this Set
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auspicious
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favorable
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propitious
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auspicious
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austere
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bare, ascetic
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avarice
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greed
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aver
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to state as fact
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axiom
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common saying; principle
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axiomatic
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taken as given
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baleful
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sinister (as in a ____ glare)
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bane
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cause of harm; source of persistent frustration
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beatify
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to bless, make happy
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bedizen
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to adorn, in cheap, showy manner
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belie
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to misrepresent
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bellicose
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belligerent, warlike
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pugnacious
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belligerent, warlike
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bent
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tendency
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blandish
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to coax with flattery
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blithe
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carefree, merry
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boisterous
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loud, rough, lacking restraint
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bolster
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to provide support
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bombastic
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pompous
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boor
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rude, insensitive person
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lout
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rude, insensitive person
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broach
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bring up, announce
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brook
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tolerate, endure
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bucolic
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rustic, pastoral
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burgeon
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flourish
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burnish
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to polish
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byzantine
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complex
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cacophony
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dissonance
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cadge
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to mooch off someone
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