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25 Cards in this Set
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artless
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open and honest; without guile
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assiduous
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diligent
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assuage
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ease or lessen (pain)
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arduous
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hard; strenuous
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apprise
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inform
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appraise*
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estmiate value of
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amalgamate
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combine; unite in one body
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alacrity
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cheerful promptness; eagerness
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aggregate
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gather, accumulate
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abeyance
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suspended action ('held in abeyance')
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abscond
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depart secretly and hide
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abstemious
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sparing in eating and drinking; temperate ('abstemious diet')
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attenuate
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make thinner; weaken or lessen (in density, force, degree)
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audaciuos
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daring; bold
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austere
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forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented
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aver
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assert confidently or declare
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*averse
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reluctant; disinclined
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baleful
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threatening, menacing, sinister, foreshadowing evil
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belie
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contradict, give a false impression
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beneficent
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(adj.) kindly, doing good ('beneficent impulses')
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extrapolation
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projection (extrapolation from the results)
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facetious
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joking (often inappropriately); humourous
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fatuous
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brainless; inane; foolish, yet smug
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fawning
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trying to please by behaving obsequiously, flattering, or crining
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felicitous
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apt; suitably expressed; well chosen (e.g. felicitous remarks)
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