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36 Cards in this Set
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Contempt
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reproachful disdain
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Lucid
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clear; easy to understand
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Aesthetic
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having to do with artistic beauty; artistic (not to be confused with ascetic)
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Prodigal
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extravagant; wasteful
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Augment
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to add to; to increase; to make bigger
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Complacent
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smug; self-satisfied; pleased with oneself; contented to a fault
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Guile
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cunning; duplicity
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Squander
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to waste
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Incessant
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unceasing; never-ending
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Laudable
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worthy of praise
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Deter
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to prevent; to stop; to keep from doing something
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Redundant
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repetitive; unnecessary; excessively wordy
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Infamous
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shamefully wicked; having (and deserving) an extremely bad reputation; disgraceful
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Provacative
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exciting; attracting attention
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Depravity
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moral corruption
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Gravity
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seriousness (secondary meaning)
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Banal
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unoriginal; ordinary
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Extol
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to praise
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Euphony
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pleasant sound (the opposite of cacophony)
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Deride
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to ridicule; to laugh at contempuously
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Insipid
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dull; banal
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Austere
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unadorned; stern; forbidding; without much money
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Expedite
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to make faster or easier
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Heresy
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an opinion violently opposed to established beliefs
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Novel
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new; original
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Philanthropy
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love of mankind; donating to charity
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Tentative
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experimental; temporary; uncertain
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Deference
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Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
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Vacillate
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to be indecisive; to waver back and forth
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Fervor
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passion
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Dispassionate
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without passion; objective; neutral
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Pragmatic
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practical; down-to-earth; based on experience rather than theory
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Rigorous
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strict; harsh; severe
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Solemn
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serious; grave
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Alleviate
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to lesson, to relieve, usually temporarily ot imcompletely; to make bearable
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Negligence
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carelessness
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