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48 Cards in this Set
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Candor
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frankness - Noun
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Dextrous
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skillfull - Adj
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Vindictive
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disposed to seek revenge - Adj
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Plaintive
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expressing sorrow - Adj
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Acrimoniously
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with sharpness in tone - Adj
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Inherent
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essential characteristic - Adj
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Precarious
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unstable; on the brink of danger - Adj
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Inveterate
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firmly established; stable - Adj
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Phlegmatic
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slow in temperament - Adj
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Insidious
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spreading subtly or stealthily - Adj
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Unscrupulous
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unprincipled - Adj
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Assuage
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to end in a satisfying way - Verb
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Blase
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apathetic - Adj (accent mark appears over the e in blase)
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Vex
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to annoy, bother, or distress - Verb
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Caprice
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a sudden impulse; whim - Noun
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Supercilious
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feeling or showing haughty disdain - Adj
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Acquiese
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to accept passively - Verb
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Cacophony
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harsh sound - Noun
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Volatile
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explosive - Adj
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Tantamount
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equivalent in value or effect - Adj
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Encumber
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burden - Verb
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Illustrious
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well-known and distinguished - Adj
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Quixotic
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idealistic without regards to practicality - Adj
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Impetuous
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impulsive and passionate - Adj
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Zeitgeist
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the spirit of a time or era - Noun
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Harbinger
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one that indicates or foreshadows what is to come - Noun
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Duped
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to have been tricked - Verb
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Platitude
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a trite expression - Noun
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Morosely
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gloomy; sullenly melancholy - Adverb
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Ingratiate
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to establish oneself in the favor of others - Verb
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Anemic
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lacking vitality - Adj
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Profusion
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outstanding in quantity - Noun
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Zeal
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enthusiastic in devotion to an idea or goal - Noun
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Beseeching
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begging urgently - Verb
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Unkempt
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deficient in neatness or order - Adj
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Syntax
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word order in sentences in phrases - Noun
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Petulant
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rude in speech or behavior - Adj
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Paradox
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a seeming contradiction that may nonetheless be true - Noun
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Omnipotent
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having unlimited or universal power or vision - Adj
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Exodus
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a departure of a large number of people - Noun
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Narcissist
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one who has excessive love for oneself - Noun
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Innocuous
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harmless - Adj
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Credo
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a brief authoritative formula of religious or moral belief - Noun
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Haggard
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appearing worn and exhausted - Adj
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Tacit
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silent - Adj
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Meritorious
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deserving honor - Adj
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Antithesis
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a strong and direct contrast - Noun
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Dualistic
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that which contains two opposing concepts - Adj
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