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72 Cards in this Set
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TRAVAIL
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WORK ESPECIALLY OF A PAINFUL OR LABORIOUS NATURE; TOIL; AGONY, TORMENT
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INDOLENCE
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INCLINATION TO LAZINESS; SLOTH
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PEJORATIVE
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HAVING NEGATIVE CONNOTATIONS, ESPECIALLY TENDING TO DISPARAGE OR BELITTLE; DEPRECIATORY
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PROFUNDITY
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INTELLECTUAL DEPTH; SOMETHING PROFOUND OR ABSTRUSE; THE QUALITY OR STATE OF BEING PROFOUND OR DEEP
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ABSTRUSE
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DIFFICULT TO COMPREHEND
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CEPHALIC
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OF OR RELATING TO THE HEAD
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PHLEGMATIC
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HAVING OR SHOWING A SLOW AND STOLID TEMPERAMENT
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INURE
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TO ACCUSTOM TO ACCEPT SOMETHING UNDESIRABLE; TO BECOME OF ADVANTAGE
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DITHER
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SHIVER, TREMBLE; TO ACT NERVOUSLY OR INDECISIVELY; VACILLATE
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IMPRECATION
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CURSE
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NOISOME
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NOXIOUS, HARMFUL; OFFENSIVE TO THE SENSES AND ESPECIALLY TO THE SENSE OF SMELL; HIGHLY OBNOXIOUS OR OBJECTIONABLE
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MAUDLIN
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DRUNK ENOUGH TO BE EMOTIONALLY SILLY; WEAKLY AND EFFUSIVELY SENTIMENTAL
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EFFUSIVE
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MARKED BY THE EXPRESSION OF GREAT OR EXCESSIVE EMOTION OR ENTHUSIASM
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CUPIDITY
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INORDINATE DESIRE FOR WEALTH; AVARICE, GREED; STRONG DESIRE; LUST
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COSSET
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TO TREAT AS A PET; PAMPER
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PATHOGENIC
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CAUSING OR CAPABLE OF CAUSING DISEASE
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SATIATE
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TO SATISFY, AS A NEED OR DESIRE, FULLY OR TO EXCESS
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VOLUBLE
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EASILY ROLLING OR TURNING, ROTATING; CHARACTERIZED BY READY OR RAPID SPEECH; GLIB
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LACHRYMOSE
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GIVEN TO TEARS OR WEEPING; TEARFUL; TENDING TO CAUSE TEARS; MOURNFUL
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PERSPICACIOUS
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OF ACUTE MENTAL VISION OR DISCERNMENT; KEEN
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SANGUINE
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BLOODRED; CONSISTING OF OR RELATED TO BLOOD; CONFIDENT, OPTIMISTIC; BLOODTHIRSTY, SANGUINARY
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EUPHONY
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PLEASING OR SWEET SOUND; A HARMONIOUS SUCCESSION OF WORDS HAVING A PLEASING SOUND
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COGNIZANT
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KNOWLEDGEABLE OF SOMETHING, ESPECIALLY THROUGH PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; MINDFUL
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PANEGYRIC
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A EULOGISTIC ORATION OR WRITING; FORMAL OR ELABORATE PRAISE
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PROLIX
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UNDULY PROLONGED OR DRAWN OUT; TOO LONG; MARKED BY OR USING AN EXCESS OF WORDS
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TERSE
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CONCISE
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ESPOUSE
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ADOPT
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MUNIFICENT
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LAVISH
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BILIOUS
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OF A PEEVISH ILL-NATURED DISPOSITION; SICKENINGLY UNPLEASANT
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DUDGEON
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A FIT OR STATE OF INDIGNATION
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PETTISH
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FRETFUL, PEEVISH
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PIQUE
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A TRANSIENT FEELING OF WOUNDED VANITY
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QUERULOUS
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HABITUALLY COMPLAINING; FRETFUL, WHINING
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UMBRAGE
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FEELING OF PIQUE OR RESENTMENT AS SOME FANCIED SLIGHT OR INSULT
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WASPISH
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RESEMBLING A WASP IN BEHAVIOR OR FORM; SNAPPISH, PETULANT
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NOVITIATE
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PERIOD OR STATE OF BEING A NOVICE; PLACE WHERE NOVICES ARE TRAINED
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PROSELYTE
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A NEW CONVERT TO A FAITH OR CAUSE
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TYRO
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A BEGINNER IN LEARNING; NOVICE
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CALLOW
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LACKING ADULT SOPHISTICATION; IMMATURE
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INCIPIENT
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BEGINNING TO COME INTO BEING OR BECOME APPARENT
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ACERBIC
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ACID IN TEMPER, MOOD, OR TONE
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ASPERITY
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ROUGHNESS OF SURFACE, MANNER OR OF TEMPER; HARSHNESS
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MORDACIOUS
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GIVEN TO BITING, BITING; CAUSTIC; SARCASTIC
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MORDANT
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BITING AND CAUSTIC IN THOUGHT, MANNER, OR STYLE
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TRENCHANT
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KEEN, SHARP; CAUSTIC; SHARPLY PERCEPTIVE
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FATUOUS
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COMPLACENTLY OR INANELY FOOLISH; SILLY
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PROSAIC
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FACTUAL; DULL, UNIMAGINATIVE; EVERYDAY, ORDINARY
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QUOTIDIAN
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OCCURRING EVERY DAY; EVERYDAY; COMMONPLACE, ORDINARY
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BACCHANALIAN
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ORGY
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INIQUITY
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GROSS INJUSTICE, WICKEDNESS; WICKED ACT OR THING, SIN
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LIBERTINE
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A PERSON UNRESTRAINED BY CONVENTION OR MORALITY; ONE LEADING A DISSOLUTE LIFE; FREETHINKER, ESPECIALLY IN RELIGIOUS MATTERS, USUALLY DISPARAGING
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LIBIDINOUS
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HAVING OR MARKED BY LUSTFUL DESIRES; LASCIVIOUS; LIBIDINAL
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REPROBATE
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TO CONDEMN STRONGLY AS UNWORTHY, UNACCEPTABLE, OR EVIL; TO FOREORDAIN TO DAMNATION; TO REFUSE TO ACCEPT, REJECT
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RIBALD
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CRUDE, OFFENSIVE; CHARACTERIZED BY OR USING COARSE INDECENT HUMOR
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SALACIOUS
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AROUSING OR APPEALING TO SEXUAL DESIRE OR IMAGINATION, LASCIVIOUS; LECHEROUS, LUSTFUL
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LICENTIOUS
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LACKING LEGAL OR MORAL RESTRAINTS, ESPECIALLY DISREGARDING SEXUAL RESTRAINTS; MARKED BY A DISREGARD FOR STRICT RULES OF CORRECTNESS
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MERCURIAL
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CHARACTERIZED BY RAPID AND UNPREDICTABLE CHANGEABLENESS OF MOOD
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CALUMNY
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A MISREPRESENTATION INTENDED TO HARM ANOTHER'S REPUTATION; THE ACT OF UTTERING FALSE CHARGES
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EXCORIATE
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TO WEAR OFF THE SKIN OF, ABRADE; TO CENSURE SCATHINGLY
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GAINSAY
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TO DECLARE TO BE UNTRUE OR INVALID; CONTRADICT, OPPOSE
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HARANGUE
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A RANTING SPEECH OR WRITING; DECLAIM
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INVEIGH
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TO PROTEST OR COMPLAIN BITTERLY OR VEHEMENTLY
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OBJURGATE
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A HARSH REBUKE
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OBLOQUY
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A STRONGLY CONDEMNATORY UTTERANCE, ABUSIVE LANGUAGE; THE CONDITION OF ONE THAT IS DISCREDITED, BAD REBUKE
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PILLORY
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A MEANS OF EXPOSING ONE TO PUBLIC SCORN OR RIDICULE; TO EXPOSE SOMEONE TO PUBLIC CONTEMPT, RIDICULE, OR SCORN
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REPREHEND
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TO VOICE DISAPPROVAL OF; CENSURE
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VITUPERATE
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TO ABUSE OR CENSURE SEVERELY OR ABUSIVELY, BERATE; TO USE HARSH CONDEMNATORY LANGUAGE
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DOLOROUS
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CAUSING, MARKED BY, OR EXPRESSING MISERY OR GRIEF
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KNELL
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TO SUMMON OR ANNOUNCE BY OR AS IF BY A KNELL; TO RING ESPECIALLY FOR A DEATH, FUNERAL, OR DISASTER; TOLL; TO SOUND IN AN OMINOUS MANNER OR WITH AN OMINOUS EFFECT
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OBSEQUIES
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FUNERAL OR BURIAL RITES
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ABNEGATE
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DENY, RENOUNCE; SURRENDER, RELINQUISH
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ASCETIC
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PRACTICING STRICT SELF-DENIAL AS A MEASURE OF PERSONAL AND ESPECIALLY SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE; AUSTERE IN APPEARANCE, MANNER, OR ATTITUDE
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