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40 Cards in this Set
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etiolated
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appear sick and pale
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ominous
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threatening, bad omen
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austere
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strict in manner and appearance
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ephemeral
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short-lived
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maladroit
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inadept, clumsy
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calumnious
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involving, defamatory
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tyro
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novice
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dessicant
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to dry up
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demagogue
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a leader who gains power by pulling at people's emotions
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quotidian
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daily, ordinary
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recalcitrant
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resisting authority
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timorousness
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full of fear
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contrition
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sincere remorse
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ignominous
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humiliating
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harrowing
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tormenting
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perspicacious
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understanding and keen mental awareness
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gainsay
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to deny or contradict
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insurmountable
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incapable of being overcome
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inane
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lacking sense, empty
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ineffable
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incapable of being expressed by words
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arcane
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known or understood by very few
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canonical
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established
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clairvoyants
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people who can make predictions
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jerkily
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abruptly
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axioms
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self-evident truths
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paradigms
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a model - way of looking at things
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inert
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having no apparent power
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precipitous
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hurried
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acrimonious
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using sharp language
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inured
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become accustomed to something bad
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astute
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clever, cunning, keen perception
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predilection
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to favor or prefer
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erudite
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scholarly, to have great knowledge
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nascent
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beginning to exist or develop
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aberrant
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deviating from the ordinary
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decorous
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characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc
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turgid
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swollen
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cowed
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to frighten with threats
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inveterate
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settled in a habit
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repatriate
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to send back to one's own country
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