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161 Cards in this Set
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ABIDE
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TOLERATE
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ACRIMONY
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BITTERNESS
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ADORN
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DECORATE
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AESTHETIC
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RELATING TO BEAUTY
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AGGRAVATE
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WORSEN
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ALLEVIATE
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LESSEN
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ALTRUISM
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UNSELFISHNESS
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AMALGAM
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MIXTURE
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AMORPHOUS
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SHAPELESS
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ANECDOTE
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STORY
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ARABLE
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FERTILE
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ARCANE
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MYSTERIOUS
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AUGMENT
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INCREASE
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AVID
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INTENSE
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BANAL
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DULL and UNORIGINAL
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BELIE
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CONTRADICT
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BENEVOLENT
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GOOD
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BOORISH/BRUSQUE/IMPUDENT/CURT
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RUDE
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CAJOLE
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COAX
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CALLOW
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IMMATURE
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CANDID
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FRANK
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CAPRICIOUS
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UNPREDICTABLE
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CASTIGATE
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SCOLD
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CAUSTIC
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CORROSIVE
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CENSOR
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EDIT
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CHIMERICAL
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FANCIFUL
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CIRCUMLOCUTION
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TALKING AROUND
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CIRCUMVENT
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GO AROUND
(circumference = perimeter of a circle) |
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COMMEND
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PRAISE
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CONCILIATORY/PLACATING
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APPEASING
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CONCORD
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AGREEMENT
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CONFLAGRATION
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FIRE
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CONSENSUS
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AGREEMENT
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CONVIVIAL/AFFABLE/AMIABLE
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FRIENDLY
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CURMUDGEON
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CRANKY PERSON
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CURSORY
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ON THE SURFACE
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DEBASE
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LOWER
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DECOROUS
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WELL-BEHAVED
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DEFY
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GO AGAINST
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DELINEATE
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DEFINE
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DIDACTIC
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EDUCATIONAL
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DIFFIDENCE/INTROVERSION
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SHYNESS
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DILIGENT
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HARDWORKING
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DISCREET
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TACTFUL
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DISCRETE
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SEPARATE
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DISINGENUOUS
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FAKE
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DISINTERESTED
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UNBIASED
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DISSEMINATE
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SPREAD
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DISSOLUTION
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COMING APART
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DOGMATIC
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RIGID
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EBULLIENCE/EFFERVESCENCE
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BUBBLINESS
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ELOQUENT
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WELL-SPOKEN
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ELUCIDATE
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EXPLAIN or CLARIFY
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EMINENT/PROMINENT
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WELL-KNOWN
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EMPIRIC
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FROM EXPERIENCE
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ENFRANCHISE
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GIVE VOTING RIGHTS
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EQUANIMITY
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POISE
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EQUIVOCATE
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MISLEAD by being vague
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ERRONEOUS
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WRONG
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ERUDITE
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BOOK-SMART
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EXCRUCIATING
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PAINFUL
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EXONERATE
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CLEAR OF BLAME
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EXTEMPORANEOUS
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SPUR-OF-THE-MOMENT
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FACILE
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EASY
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FELICITY
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HAPPINESS/ACCURACY
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FORGERY
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FAKERY
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FRENETIC
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FRANTIC
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FUTILE
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USELESS
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GRATUITOUS
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UNNECESSARY
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HISTRIONIC
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OVERDRAMATIC
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HUBRIS
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PRIDE
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IMPARTIAL/NONPARTISAN
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UNBIASED
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IMPEDE
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BLOCK
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INADVERTENTLY
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ACCIDENTALLY
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INCISIVE
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CUTTING
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INDIGENT
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POOR
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INEFFABLE
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INEXPRESSIBLE
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INNOCUOUS
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HARMLESS
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INTEMPERATE
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EXTREME
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INTUITIVE
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INSTINCTIVE
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INUNDATE
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FLOOD
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INVECTIVE
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INSULT
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INVETERATE/CHRONIC
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HABITUAL
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IRREPROACHABLE
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BLAMELESS
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LAMENT
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MOURN
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LAUDATORY
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PRAISING
(applause) |
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LICENTIOUS
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LOOSE MORALS
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LIVID
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SUPER-MAD
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LOATHE
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HATE
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LUMINOUS
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BRIGHT
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MALLEABLE/ELASTIC
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CHANGEABLE
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MELANCHOLY
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SAD
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MERCENARY
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MONEY-MOTIVATED
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MIRTHFUL
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HAPPY
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MUNDANE
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ORDINARY
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NONCHALANT
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COOL
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NOVEL
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NEW
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OBSEQUIOUS
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BROWNNOSING
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OBSTREPEROUS
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HOSTILE
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ORTHODOX
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CONVENTIONAL
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PALLIATIVE
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SOOTHING
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PERMEATE
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FILL
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PERPLEX
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CONFUSE
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PERVASIVE
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WIDESPREAD
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PETULANT
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SULKY
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POLARIZED
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DIVIDED
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POLEMICAL
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CONTROVERSIAL
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PORTEND
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PREDICT
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PRAGMATISM
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PRACTICALITY
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PRECLUDE
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PREVENT
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PREDILECTION
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FONDNESS
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PRELUDE
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INTRODUCTION
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PROVINCIAL
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UNSOPHISTICATED
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QUAGMIRE
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SWAMP
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QUALIFIED
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LIMITED
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QUELL
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SQUASH
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QUIESCENCE
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RESTING
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QUIXOTIC
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ROMANTIC and IMPRACTICAL
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RANCOR
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RESENTMENT
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RECLUSE
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LONER
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REFUGE/SANCTUARY
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SAFE PLACE
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REMUNERATION
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PAYMENT
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REPUDIATE
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DENY or REJECT
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REPUGNANCE
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DISGUST
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RETRACT
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TAKE BACK
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SALVO
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ATTACK
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SANGUINE
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CONFIDENT
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SCATHING
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HARSH
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SCRUPULOUS
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HAVING INTEGRITY OR PRECISION
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SEDATE
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UNHURRIED
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SERENE
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TRANQUIL
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SOLICIT
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ASK
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SUBSTANTIATE
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VALIDATE
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SULLEN
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SULKY
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SUPPLANT
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TAKE OVER
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TACTILE
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RELATING TO TOUCH
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TEDIUM
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BORINGNESS
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TEMPERATE
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MODERATE
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TEMPORIZE
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DELAY
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TENTATIVE
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UNSURE
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THWART
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FRUSTRATE
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TRANQUIL
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PEACEFUL
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TREPIDATION
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FEAR
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TRITE/HACKNEYED
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CLICHED
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TURBULENT
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VIOLENTLY MOVING
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UNDERMINE
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DAMAGE
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UNDERSCORE
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HIGHLIGHT
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UNEQUIVOCAL
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DEFINITE
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URBANE/COSMOPOLITAN
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SOPHISTICATED
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VACUOUS/VAPID
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EMPTY
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VENAL
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SINFUL
(venereal disease = disease of sin) |
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VENERATE
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WORSHIP
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VERBOSE
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WORDY
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VEX/RILE
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PISS OFF
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VIGNETTE
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SHORT SCENE
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VINDICTIVE
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VENGEFUL
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VISCOUS
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THICK
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VITAL
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FULL OF LIFE
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VIVACIOUS
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LIVELY
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VOLATILE
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UNSTABLE
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ZEALOUS
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HARD-CORE
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