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97 Cards in this Set
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Exhort |
Encourage |
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Invective |
Abusive language |
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Superfluous |
More than necessary |
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Flux |
Uncertainty |
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Internecine |
destructive to both sides in a conflict deadly |
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Hackneyed |
Having being overused or cliche |
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Vilify |
Speak ill of |
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Choleric |
Easily angered |
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Pithy |
Concise yet expensive |
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Cogent |
Convincing |
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Wanton |
Showing no limits |
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Gregarious |
Sociable |
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Temerity |
Fearless daring |
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Ersatz |
Fake |
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Arrogate |
Seize without authority |
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Obdurate |
Stubborn |
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Tractable |
Easily manageable |
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Balk |
Refuse to accept |
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Poignant |
Emotionally touching |
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Pollyannaish |
Overly optimistic |
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Gumption |
Resourcefulness |
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Lugubrious |
Overly-sad |
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Staunch |
Dependable |
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Graft |
Corruption |
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Errant |
Straying from course |
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Umbrage |
Offense |
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Hegemony |
Dominance |
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Buck |
Resist |
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Broadside |
Verbal attack |
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Trenchant |
Incisive, accurately and sharply focused |
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Panegyric |
Formal praise |
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Checkered |
Disreputable |
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Acerbic |
Harsh |
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Dilettante |
Dabbler - a person having superficial interest |
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Plodding |
Slow moving |
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Objurgate |
Scold severely |
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Qualm |
Uneasiness |
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Finagle |
Get through trickery |
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Dissemble |
Act deceitfully |
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Churlish |
Ill-mannered |
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Frivolous |
Not serious |
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Glib |
Insincere |
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Hector |
Bully |
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Abstruse |
Incomprehensible |
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Ambivalent |
Having mixed emotions |
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Sybarite |
Lover of luxury |
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Conterminous |
Equal in scope |
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Turgid |
Pompous, tedious |
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Tenacious |
Not giving up |
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Quail |
Draw back in fear |
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Maunder |
Wander |
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Provincial |
Unsophisticated |
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Apostate |
Rejector of faith |
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Untrammeled |
Not limited |
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Ineluctable |
Unavoidable |
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Paucity |
Lack of |
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Vindicate |
Clear of blame |
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Craven |
Cowardy |
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Supplant |
Take the place of |
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Untoward |
Inconvenient |
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Culpability |
State of guilt |
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Embroiled |
In an argument |
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Recrudescence |
Relapse of a undesirable condition |
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Bumbling |
Clumsy |
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Derelict |
Avoiding duties |
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Duress |
Compulsory force |
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Grovel |
Show fear |
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Aberration |
Deviation |
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Parvenu |
Upstart |
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Saturnine |
Gloomy |
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Fractious |
Irritable |
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Panache |
Distinctive style |
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Arriviste |
Upstart |
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Fortuitous |
Based on chance |
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Litany |
Long account |
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Brazen |
Without shame |
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Demure |
Modest and shy |
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Guileless |
Without deceit |
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Espouse |
Support a cause |
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Macabre |
Gruesome |
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Heretic |
Dissenter |
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Glut |
Excessive supply |
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Piquant |
Pungent in taste |
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Contingent |
Small group |
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Anathema |
Detested person |
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Incumbent |
Necessary |
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Winsome |
Charming |
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Incorrigible |
Not reformable |
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Soporific |
Causing sleep |
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Entrenched |
Fixed firmly |
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Munificent |
Very generous |
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Canard |
False report |
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Invidious |
Causing resentment |
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Simulacrum |
Bad imitation |
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Ascetic |
Practicing self-denial |
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Posit |
Assume as fact |
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Antithetical |
Sharply contrasted |
