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48 Cards in this Set
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Reticent
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unwilling to speak
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Repudiate
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to disapprove of something formally and strongly and renounce any connection with it
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Obsequious
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follows rules
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Raconteur
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somebody who tells entertaining stories
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sycophant
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self-seeking person; stuck up
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Vapid
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dull
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Scrupulous
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careful to do what is right or moral
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Sardonic
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disdainfully mocking
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exacerbate
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make worse
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Consort
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spouse of monarch
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Novel
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long story or refreshingly new
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Perdition
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punishment in hell
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Deference
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respect
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Affable
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good-natured, friendly, and easy to talk to
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raucous
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unpleasantly loud
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copious
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abundant
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Catharsis
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emotional release
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Debunk
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to expose the falseness of something
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Prattle
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talk idly or childishly
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Phlegmatic
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unexcitable
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Fatuity
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utter foolishness
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Penitent
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feeling or expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
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Quandary
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dilemma
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Rendezvous
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agreement or place to meet
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Pedantic
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too concerned with formal rules and details
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Ameliorate
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to make something better, or become better
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Odious
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offensive, hateful
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precarious
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unsafe, dangerous
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Pugnacious
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quarrelsome
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Pathos
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the power of arousing pity or sorrow
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Quell
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put stop to something
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Impassioned
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expressing strong feelings
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Convoluted
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twisted integrate, difficult to follow
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Sumptuous
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splendid, extravagant, lavish
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arrested
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stopped by something
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Surreptitiously
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trying to avoid being noticed
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Disparage
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to refer disapprovingly or contemptuously to somebody or something
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Obsidian
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jet-black volcanic glass
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Cacophony
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unpleasant noise
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Ambivalence
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the presence of two opposing ideas, attitudes, or emotions at the same time and cant choose one
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Nascent
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just beginning to develop
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Erudite
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showing great academic knowledge, learned, cultured
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Exacting
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demanding attention
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Malevolence
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wanting to cause harm
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Derision
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mocking scorn
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Enkindle
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to set fire, light
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Benign
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not life-threatening
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Condone
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to regard something that is considered immoral or wrong in a tolerant way, without criticizing it or feeling strongly about it
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