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72 Cards in this Set
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chary
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adj. cautious; wary
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nomadic
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adj. wandering
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innovation
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n. something new
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transient
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adj. lasting for only a short time; temporary
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antediluvian
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adj. very, very old; antiquated
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novel
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adj. New
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volatile
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adj. explosive or changing very quickly
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archaic
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adj. old; from a much earlier time; antiquated
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inception
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n. the start, the beginning of something
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circumspect
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adj. careful and cautious before acting
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peripatetic
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adj. moving or walking about; itinerant
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scrupulous
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adj. showing great care and honesty, based on personal belief of what is right and proper
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evanescent
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adj. vanishing quickly; fleeting
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fleeting
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adj. short-lived
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ephemeral
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adj. lasting a short time; fleeting
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vigilant
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adj. carefully alert and watchful
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contemporary
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adj. modern, new; relating to the same time period
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conscientious
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adj. relating to doing what one knows is right; scrupulous
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relic
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n. a custom or object that has been around for a very, very long time
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itinerant
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adj. wandering about; tending to move around, travel
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transitory
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adj. Fleeting
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obsolete
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adj. old; outdated; no longer in use
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gingerly
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adj. very carefully
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wary
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adj. cautious; careful
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antiquated
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adj. very old and no longer in use; obsolete
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heedful
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adj. paying careful attention to
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antiquity
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n. ancient times
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exacting
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adj. requiring a great deal of care or effort; painstaking
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meticulous
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adj. very careful; fussy; finicky; fastidious
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unprecedented
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adj. novel; unparalleled
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clandestine
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adj. hidden; secret; concealed
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covert
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"adj. secret; hidden
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furtive
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adj. sneaky
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inconspicuous
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adj. hardly noticeable
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sly
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adj. underhanded; furtive
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stealthy
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adj. secretive; sly
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surreptitious
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adj. done or made in a secret, stealthy way
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unobtrusive
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adj. inconspicuous; not easily noticed
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adversary
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n. an opponent
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advocate
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n. a supporter; proponent
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artisan
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n. a person who is skillful with his or her hands
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ascetic
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n. a person who refrains from indulging in earthly pleasures
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charlatan
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n. a fraud; a quack or imposter
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hedonist
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n. a person who lives for pleasure
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orator
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n. a skillful public speaker
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pariah
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n. a social outcast
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raconteur
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n. a skillful storyteller
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skeptic
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n. a person who doubts
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virtuoso
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"n. a highly skilled performer, usually a music performer
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extraneous
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adj. not necessary; not an essential part; not relevant
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frivolous
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adj. not having substance, a sense of importance or seriousness; silly; trivial; trifling
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incidental
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adj. less important; minor
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inconsequential
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adj. irrelevant; of no significance; unimportant
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irrelevant
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adj. not relating to the matter at hand
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negligible
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adj. able or likely to be neglected or bypassed due to smallness or lack of importance
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peripheral
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adj. only marginally connected to what is truly important; minor or incidental; at the edge of one's field of vision
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petty
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adj. minor or trivial; small in quantity; paltry
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superficial
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adj. lacking in depth or importance; on the surface
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trifling
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adj. lacking significance; unimportant
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trivial
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adj. unimportant; trifling; ordinary
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acute
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adj. keen-minded; sharp
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astute
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adj. sharp-minded; very clever
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discerning
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adj. able to judge people and situations clearly
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erudite
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adj. wise due to much reading and studying; scholarly
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incisive
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"adj. decisive, keen and directly to the point
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ingenious
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adj. very clever or inventive
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judicious
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adj. showing wisdom in judging people and situations
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perspicacious
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adj. using wise judgement; sharp-minded
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prudent
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adj. careful, cautious, and wise
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sagacious
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adj. wise
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savvy
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adj. smart; informed
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shrewd
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adj. insightful; clever
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