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48 Cards in this Set
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Anesthetic
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a substance that causes insensibility and removes pain
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Antipathy
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Aversion; dislike
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Arbitrary
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subject to chance; or individual whim; without definite reason
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Astrologer
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one who believes that star and planets influence human activity
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Aversion
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an intense feeling of dislike; hate
abhor |
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Banal
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commonplace; lacking originality
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Bent
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strong inclination; tendency
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Compensation
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payment
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Compliant
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yielding; submissive
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condone
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to approve tacitly by overlooking
allow or forgive |
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Convention
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generally agreed by practice
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Correspond
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to exist in agreement or
conformity |
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Defer
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noun: postpone, delay
V; yield, submissive |
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Dogma
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doctrine or set of religious principles
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ensure
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to guarantee or make certain
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Equivocal
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ambiguous
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Extraneous
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not pertinent
irrelevant |
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Fortuitous
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happening by fortunate accident
or chance |
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Frugality
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thriftness; economy
prudence in financial matters |
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illusory
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deceptive
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indifferent
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lacking interest;
showing no bias or prejudice |
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insipid
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lacking taste; or flavor
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inured
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accustomed to doing or accepting un-desireable things
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miser
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stingy; frugal; thriftness
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nonplused
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baffled; at a loss for what to say or do
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penchant
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strong inclination; liking
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Penury
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poverty
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plethora
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overabudance; ample; surplus
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Preempt
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supersede; to replace with something better
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Presumption
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the act of making an assumption
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Prodigal
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recklessly wasteful; extravagant
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Prone
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naturally inclined to
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Propensity
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naturally inclined to
tendency; penchant |
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Qualms
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sudden feeling of fear or sadness
misgiving |
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Quiescence
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motionlessness; stillness
quality of being at rest |
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reconcilation
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reconstruction of relationship
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repudiate
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to disown;
to have nothing to do with |
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restitution
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returning lost things to the rightful owner
-lost and found |
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savor
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full appreciation;
enjoy in a thorough manner; relish |
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serenity
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tranquility; peacefulness
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Solvent
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ability to meet financial obligations'
ability to dissolve a substance |
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Stint
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restraint; frugal or sparing
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Subjective
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not objective
based upon internal perceptions rather than unprejudiced fact |
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Superfluous
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ample; surplus, overabudance
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tranquil
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calm
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tranquility
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calmness; serenity
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trivial
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not important; lacking value
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veneration
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extreme praise; worship
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