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118 Cards in this Set
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-Disgusting
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-Abhorrent, abominable, detestable, execrable, loathsome, obnoxious, repellent, repugnant, odious, heinous,
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-Abandon
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-renounce, maroon, leave in the lurch, forfeit, disown, waive, ditch, abdicate, jilt, forsake, abjure, disown, repudiate
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-Abnormal
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-aberrant, anomalous, bizarre, eccentric, freak, idiosyncratic, queer, wayward
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-Criticism
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-Scurrilous, calumnious, libelous, opprobrious
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-negative speach
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Libel, calumny, defamation, denigration, -misrepresentation, obloquy, slander, aspersion, vilification, malign, traduce, smear, besmirch, tarnish, imputation, vituperation, defile
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+Abundant
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+bountiful, copious, luxuriant, rampant
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-Abuse
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-assault, execration, invective, vituperation, affront, berate, castigate, inveigh, odium
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+Commend
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+Acclaim, applaud, extol, commend, kudos, laud, eulogize, ovation, esteem, plaudits, acquiescence, endorsement, mandate, ratification
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-Accusations
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-impeachment, allegation, summons, indictment
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+Acquit
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+absolve, exonerate, vindicate
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+Generous
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+Bounty, largesse, munificence, philanthropy
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+Commendable
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+absolve, exemplary, laudable, meritorious, honorable_
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-Disgraceful
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-Contemptible, despicable, detestable, loathsome, odious, ignominious, dishonorable, discreditable
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-Condemnable
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-reprehensible, deplorable
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-Criticize
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-condemnation, culpability, reprimand, recrimination, reproach, denounce
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-Aggressive
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-antagonistic, bellicose, belligerent, pugnacious, warlike, fractious, quarrelsome, contentious, litigious, militant
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-irritable
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-Irascible, petulant, peevish, dyspeptic, cantankerous, irritable, bilious
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+Agreement
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+accord, conformity, consensus, harmony, unanimity, compact, treaty, covenant, truce, pact
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+approve
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+Approbate, comply, accent, concur, approve, acquiesce, concede, accord
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+Alleviate
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+abate, allay, ameliorate, assuage, mitigate, slake, subdue, temper, relieve, mollify, appease, conciliate, placate, gruntle
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+Alliance
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+affiliation, coalition, concordat, compact, confederation, consortium
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+attract
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+Allure, beguile, decoy, entice, lure, magnetize
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+Mitigate
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+palliate, extenuate
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-Coax
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-wheedle, inveigle, cajole
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+amicable
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+affable, amicable, genial
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+\-lustful
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+\-Amorous, carnal, enamored, erotic, lecherous, licentious, salacious, lascivious, libidinous, lewd, prurient, lubricious, bawdy, erotic
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_\-Ancient
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_\-antediluvian, antiquated, archaic, outmoded, passé, primordial
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_\-antagonism
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_\-Animosity, acerbity, acrimony, animus, antipathy, asperity, malevolence, rancor, vindictiveness, enmity, malice
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_Anonymous
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-incognito, pseudonymn
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-sluggish
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-Phlegmatic, languid, indolent, listless, lackadaisical
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-Apathy
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-lassitude, lethargy, debility, languor
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+culmination
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+Apex, acme, apogee, zenith, crest, summit, pinnacle
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_remorseful
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_Apologetic, contrite, penitent, rueful
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_novice
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_Apprentice, tyro, greenhorn
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_Appropriate
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_apposite, apropos, apt, befitting, felicitous, opportune, pertinent, seasonable, seemly
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_Arbitrary
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_autocratic, despotic, imperious, tyrannical, totalitarian
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_eccentric
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_Arbitrary, capricious, whimsical, erratic, mercurial, quirky
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+passionate
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+Ardent, zealous, fervent, impassioned,
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-grueling
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_Arduous, laborious, herculean, onerous
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-dispute
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-Altercation, bickering, clash, feud, squabble, wrangle, quibble, carp, cavil
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-Arrogant
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-cavalier, haughty, impudent, supercilious, swaggering, presumptuous, snobbish, condescending, insolent
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+Articulate
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+eloquent, glib, lucid
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-Crude
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-Asperity, abrasiveness, acerbity, acidity, acrimony, churlishness, irascibility, rancor
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-Wicked
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-Atrocious, heinous
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_\+Omen
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_\+Augury, premonition, forewarning, portent, foreboding, bode, foreshadow, presentiment
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_\+Ascetic
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_\+austere, Spartan, self-denying
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-stingy
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-Frugal, parsimonious
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-Boring
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-Banal, clichéd, commonplace, hackneyed, humdrum, platitudinous, stereotyped, trivial, trite
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- expel
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-Banish, exile, rusticate, outlaw, oust, expatriate, deport
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+Joking
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+Banter, badinage, chaffing, repartee
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-Rude
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-Barbarian, boor
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-assault
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-Barrage, fusillade, onslaught, bombardment
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-Barrier
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-embankment, rampart, bulwark, blockade, fortification, palisade
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+Bring into existence
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+Beget, procreate, father
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_Bell sounds
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_Bell, carillon, knell
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_\-mystify
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_\-Bemuse, befuddle, bewilder, stupefy, confound, daze, flummox, muddle,
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+compassionate
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+Benevolent, altruistic, beneficent, benign, philanthropic
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-deranged
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-Berserk, frenzied, frenetic, demented, maniacal
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-weird
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-Bizarre, eccentric, freakish, grotesque, outlandish, idiosyncratic
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+supplicate
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+Beseech, implore, importune, entreat,
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-Apathy
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-lassitude, lethargy, debility, languor
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+culmination
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+Apex, acme, apogee, zenith, crest, summit, pinnacle
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_remorseful
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_Apologetic, contrite, penitent, rueful
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_novice
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_Apprentice, tyro, greenhorn
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_Appropriate
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_apposite, apropos, apt, befitting, felicitous, opportune, pertinent, seasonable, seemly
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_Arbitrary
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_autocratic, despotic, imperious, tyrannical, totalitarian
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_eccentric
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_Arbitrary, capricious, whimsical, erratic, mercurial, quirky
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+passionate
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+Ardent, zealous, fervent, impassioned,
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-grueling
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_Arduous, laborious, herculean, onerous
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-dispute
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-Altercation, bickering, clash, feud, squabble, wrangle, quibble, carp, cavil
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-Arrogant
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-cavalier, haughty, impudent, supercilious, swaggering, presumptuous, snobbish, condescending, insolent
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+Articulate
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+eloquent, glib, lucid
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-Crude
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-Asperity, abrasiveness, acerbity, acidity, acrimony, churlishness, irascibility, rancor
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-Wicked
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-Atrocious, heinous
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_\+Omen
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_\+Augury, premonition, forewarning, portent, foreboding, bode, foreshadow, presentiment
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+supplicate
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+Beseech, implore, importune, entreat
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-pester
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-Besiege, beleaguer, badger
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+mesmerize
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+Bewitch, captivate, enrapture, enchant, enthrall, entrance, ensnare, endear, engaging
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_\-Biased
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_\-bigoted, chauvinistic, jaundiced, partisan, tendentious, patriotic, jingoistic, sectarian
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_lineage
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_Genealogy, pedigree, race
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-disrespectful
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-Blasphemous, impious, irreverent, profane, sacrilegious
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_\-Blatant
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barefaced, flagrant, conspicuous, shameless
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-massacre
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-Blaze, conflagration, holocaust, carnage,
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-conceited
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-Boastful, vainglorious, bragging,
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-rowdy
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-Boisterous, obstreperous, uproarious
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-sham
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-Burlesque, caricature, travesty, lampoon, parody, pastiche
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_\-Twisting
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_\-Circuitous, devious, labyrinthine, meandering, oblique, rambling, tortuous, serpentine
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+Attention to detail
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+fastidious, meticulous
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_Varied in appearance or color
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_Dappled, pied, motley, speckled, variegated
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-loiter
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-Dawdle, dally
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_\+agile
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_\+Dexterous, nimble, deft, adroit, lithe, limber
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-Devilish
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-demoniac, diabolic, fiendish, infernal
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-drab
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-Dingy, murky, seedy, dowdy
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-clashing
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-Discordant, cacophonous, dissonant, incongruous
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_Dormant
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_ comatose, quiescent, latent, torpid
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-fugitive
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-Ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting
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_Etiquette
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_civility, protocol, decorum
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Energetic
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Exuberant, ebullient, effervescent, vivacious, exultant
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+Fashionable
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+modish, vogue, contemporary, trendy
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+\_Flirt
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+\_coquette, philanderer
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-Poor Appearance
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-Gaunt, emaciated, cadaverous, lanky, haggard
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-Self Important
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-Grandiloquent, bombastic, melodramatic, pompous, rhetorical
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_\-belief
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_\-Heresy, unorthodox, heterodox, iconoclast, pagan
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-hoax
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-Hoodwink, cozen, deceive, dupe
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_Improvise
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_Impromptu, extemporized, offhand
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-somber
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-Melancholy, lugubrious, disconsolate, despondent, dejected, plaintive, lamenting, doleful
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-\_superfical
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_\-Perfunctory, cursory
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-plague
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-Pestilence, blight, pandemic, contagion, epidemic
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-devastate
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-Pillage, depredation, marauding, plunder, despoil, ransack, ravage,
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+elusive
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+Prevaricate, tergiversate, equivocate, evasive
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+lavish
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+Profuse, exuberant, prolific, abundant
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+Profound
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+erudite, esoteric, recondite
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-\_Suspicious
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_\-apprehensive, skeptical, dubious, incredulous, wary
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+flattering
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+Sycophantic, servile
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+Therapeutic
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+curative, salubrious
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-chaos
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-Tumult, pandemonium, turmoil, commotion, turbulence, uproar
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+prodigy
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Virtuoso, maestro
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+ Extreme
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+Voracious, ravenous, rapacious, insatiable, avid
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