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94 Cards in this Set
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affable
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friendly; kind; amicable
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amicable
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friendly; kind; affable
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congenial
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friendly; sociable or sympathetic
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convivial
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sociable; outgoing
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jocular
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playful; humorous
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bellicose
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eager to fight; pugnacious
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cantankerous
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irritable; quarrelsome
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captious
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to find fault; carp
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disputatious
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eager to argue or dispute
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polemical
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argumentative
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predator
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one who takes advantage of another; a rival
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altruistic
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selfless
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largess
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generous
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lavish
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generous OR wasteful
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avaricious
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greedy
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miserly
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frugal; parsimonious
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penurious
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poor; meager; stingy
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adversity
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misfortune; disaster
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conflagration
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a huge fire; an inferno
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debacle
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fiasco; failure
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enigma
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mysterious; puzzling
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labyrinth
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a maze from which it is very hard to free oneself
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precarious
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dangerous or risky; uncertain
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quagmire
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a difficult situation or a swamp
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quandary
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a dilemma
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baneful
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harmful; pernicious
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detrimental
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harmful
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iniquitous
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wicked; unfair
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odious
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evil; repulsive; unpleasant
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rancorous
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hateful; malicious
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virulent
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deadly; poisonous; full of hatred
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berate
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to scold
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censure
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to criticize
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chastise
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to punish; scold
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deprecate
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to disapprove of
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deride
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to ridicule
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rebuff
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to refuse; reject
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rebuke
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to scold
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upbraid
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to scold
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aloof
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uninterested; emotionally distant
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stolid
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unemotional
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remote
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aloof; distant; unemotional
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impassive
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lacking emotion or drive
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languor
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weakness; lassitude
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lassitude
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a tired feeling; weary; fatigued
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lethargic
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lazy; having little energy
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sedentary
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inactive; always seated
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stagnant
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lacking energy
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servile
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very humble and submissive; slave like
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slavish
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slave like; very humble and submissive
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subservient
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obedient
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obsequious
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very obedient; servile
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toady
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a sycophant; flatterer
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foreboding
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threatening
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qualify
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to change slightly
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discriminate
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having sophisticated taste
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conviction
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to assert/strongly state something
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stingy
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ungenerous; parsimonious; miserly
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ardent
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enthusiastic; passionate
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avid
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enthusiastic; ardent
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ebullient
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cheerful; lively
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effervescent
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lively; vivacious
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fervent
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passionate; ardent
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impassioned
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passionate; fervent
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zealous
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passionate; fervent
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dogmatic
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strongly opinionated
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hidebound
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stubborn; narrow minded
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intractable
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stubborn; unmanageable
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recalcitrant
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stubborn; defiant
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resolve
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firm; determined
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willful
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stubborn
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cacophony
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loud; unpleasant
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din
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loud; noisy
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discordant
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lacking harmony; quarrelsome
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euphony
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pleasing sound
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strident
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loud and harsh
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adulate
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fawn; praise excessively
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eulogize
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to praise; to say good things about
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panegyrize
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to praise
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revere
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to respect; to honor
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venerate
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to respect; to honor
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copious
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plentiful; abundant
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myriad
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countless; extremely great in number
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profuse
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abundant; plentiful
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prolific
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productive; abundant
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abstemious
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moderate; not eating or drinking a lot
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alimentary
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nutritious; nourishment
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emaciated
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bony; very thin due to disease or hunger
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epicurean
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a love of eating and drinking
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glutton
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one who eats too much
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palatable
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pleasing to taste buds
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ravenous
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very hungry
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savory
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tasty
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voracious
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greedy; gluttonous; ravenous
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