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15 Cards in this Set
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Qualms
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Misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
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noxious
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harmful, injurious
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obtuse
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lacking in sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
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acumen
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keen, accurate judgement or insight
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abate
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to lessen in intesity or degree
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accolade
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n expression of praise
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adulation
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excessive praise; intense adoration
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aesthetic
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dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful
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ameliorate
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to make better or more tolerable
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ascetic
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one who practices ridged self denial, as in acts of regligous devotion
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avarice
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greed, esp for wealth
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axiom
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a universally recognized prinicple
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burgeon
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to grow rapidly and flourish
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bucolic
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rustic and patoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
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cacophony
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harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonant
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