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72 Cards in this Set
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aspersion
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criticize / criticism
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belittle
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criticize / criticism
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berate
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criticize / criticism
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calumny
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criticize / criticism
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castigate
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criticize / criticism
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decry
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criticize / criticism
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defamation
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criticize / criticism
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denounce
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criticize / criticism
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deride / derisive
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criticize / criticism
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diatribe
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criticize / criticism
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disparage
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criticize / criticism
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excoriate
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criticize / criticism
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gainsay
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criticize / criticism
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harangue
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criticize / criticism
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impugn
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criticize / criticism
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inveigh
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criticize / criticism
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lambaste
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criticize / criticism
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objurgate
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criticize / criticism
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obloquy
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criticize / criticism
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pillory
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criticize / criticism
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rebuke
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criticize / criticism
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remonstrate
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criticize / criticism
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reprehend
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criticize / criticism
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reprove
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criticize / criticism
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revile
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criticize / criticism
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tirade
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criticize / criticism
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vituperative
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criticize / criticism
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acclaim
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praise
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accolade
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praise
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aggrandize
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praise
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eulogize
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praise
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extol
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praise
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fawn
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praise
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laud / laudatory
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praise
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venerate / veneration
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praise
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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ambiguous
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difficult to understand
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arcane
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difficult to understand
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bemusing
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difficult to understand
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cryptic
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difficult to understand
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enigmatic
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difficult to understand
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esoteric
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difficult to understand
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inscrutable
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difficult to understand
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obscure
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difficult to understand
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opaque
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difficult to understand
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paradoxical
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difficult to understand
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perplexing
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difficult to understand
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recondite
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difficult to understand
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turbid
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difficult to understand
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articulate
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easy to understand
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cogent
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easy to understand
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eloquent
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easy to understand
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evident
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easy to understand
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limpid
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easy to understand
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lucid
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easy to understand
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pellucid
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easy to understand
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bombastic
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overblown / wordy
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circumlocution
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overblown / wordy
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garrulous
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overblown / wordy
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grandiloquent
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overblown / wordy
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loquacious
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overblown / wordy
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perphrasis
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overblown / wordy
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prolix
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overblown / wordy
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rhetoric
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overblown / wordy
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turgid
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overblown / wordy
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verbose
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overblown / wordy
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compendious
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terse
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curt
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terse
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laconic
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terse
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pithy
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terse
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succinct
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terse
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taciturn
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terse
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