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49 Cards in this Set
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aberrant
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deviating
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alacrity
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enthusiastic willingness
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anomaly
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abnormality
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approbation
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expression of praise
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assuage
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to ease
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audacious
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daring
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capricious
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unpredictable
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censure
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to criticize severely
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chicanery
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trickery
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connoisseur
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expert
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discordant
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conflicting
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disparate
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fundamentally different
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eloquent
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well-spoken
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enervate
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weaken the vitality of
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ennui
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restlessness
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equivocate
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use ambiguous language to deceive
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exculpate
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exonerate
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exigent
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urgent
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filibuster
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prolonged speechmaking
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ingenuous
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unsophisticated
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inured
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accustomed to [accepting something undesirable]
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irascible
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temperamental
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laud
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praise highly
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magnanimity
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generously noble
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martial
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associated with war
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mundane
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ordinary
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nascent
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just beginning
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nebulous
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vague
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neologism
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a new word
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noxious
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harmful
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obtuse
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lacking precision in intellect
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obviate
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anticipate and make unnecessary
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onerous
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burdensome
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parody
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humorous imitation
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perennial
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happening repeatedly [yearly]
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perfunctory
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cursory
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prattle
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babble meaninglessly
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prescience
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foreknowledge
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prevaricate
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mislead
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refute
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disprove
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relegate
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to assign lower position
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solicitous
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concerned and attentive
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sporadic
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occuring occasionally
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static
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not moving or changing
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stupefy
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[to] stun
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tortuous
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twisting
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truculent
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eager to fight
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voracious
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ravenous
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waver
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to be unsettled in opinion
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