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48 Cards in this Set
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ingenuous
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lacking in cunning, guile, or worldliness
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subterfuge
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a deceptive stratagem or device
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surreptitious
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secretive; sneaky
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dearth
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scarce supply; lack
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modicum
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a small, moderate, or token amount
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paucity
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smallness in number; scarcity
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squander
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to spend wastefully
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temperate
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moderate; restrained
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tenuous
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having little substance or strength; shaky
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diligent
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marked by painstaking effort; hardworking
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maverick
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one who is independent and resists adherence to a group
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mercenary
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adj: motivated solely by a desire for money or material gain
noun: a professional soldier |
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obstinate
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stubbornly attached to an opinion or a course of action
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proliferate
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to grow or increase rapidly
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tenacity
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persistence
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vigilant
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on the alert; watchful
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extraneous
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irrelevant; inessential
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juxtapose
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to place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast
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superfluous
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extra; unnecessary
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synergy
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combined action or operation
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tangential
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merely touching or slightly connected; only superficially relevant
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aesthetic
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having to do with the appreciation of beauty
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aural
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of or related to the ear or the sense of hearing
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cacophony
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discordant, unpleasant noise
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dirge
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a funeral hymn or lament
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eclectic
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made up of a variety of sources or styles
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incongruous
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lacking in harmony; incompatible
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sonorous
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producing a deep or full sound
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strident
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loud, harsh, grating, or shrill
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debacle
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disastrous or ludicrous defeat or failure; fiasco
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debilitate
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impair the strength of; weaken
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tumultuous
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noisy and disorderly
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anachronistic
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the representation of something as esisting or happening in the wrong time period
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archaic
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characterisitc of an earlier time; antiquated; old
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dilatory
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habitually late
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ephemeral
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lasting for only a brief time
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redolent
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fragrant; aromatic; suggestive
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temporal
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of, relating to, or limited by time
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onerous
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troublesome or oppressive; burdensome
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portent
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indication of something important or calamitous about to occur; omen
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prescience
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knowledge of actions or events before they occur; foreknowledge; foresight
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austere
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without decoration; strict
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banal
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drearily commonplace; predictable; trite
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hacknyed
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worn out through overuse; trite
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insipid
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uninteresting; unchallenging; lacking taste or savor
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prosaic
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unimaginative; dull
antonym: poetic |
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soporific
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inducing or tending to induce sleep
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vapid
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lacking liveliness, animation, or interest; dull
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