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30 Cards in this Set
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Empirical
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Based on experience
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Emulate
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Imitate, rival
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Endemic
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Prevailing amoung a specific group of people or in a specific area or country
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Engender
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Cause, produce
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Ephemeral
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Short-lived, fleeting
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Equivocate
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Intentionally mislead, attempt to conceal the truth
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Erudite
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learned scholarly
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Esoteric
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Hard to understand, known only to the chosen few.
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Innocuous
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Harmless
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Insensible
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Unconscious, unresponsive
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Insinuate
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Hint, imply creep in
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Insipid
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lacking in flavor, dull
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Insularity
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Narrow-mindness, isolation
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Intractable
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unrully, stubborn, unyielding
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Intransigence
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refusal of any compromise, stubbornnes
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Inundate
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overwhelm, flood, submerge
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Inured
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accustomed, hardened
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Invective
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Abuse
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Irascible
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Irritable, easily angered
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Irresolute
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uncertain how to act, weak
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Laconic
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brief and to the point
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lassitude
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languor, weariness
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Latent
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Potential but underdeveloped, dormant, hidden
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Laud
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Praise
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Lethargic
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Drowsy, dull
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Levee
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Earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding
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Levity
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Lack of seriousness or steadiness, frivolity
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Loquacious
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talkative
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Lucid
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easily understood, clear, intelligible
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Magnanimity
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Generosity
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