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10 Cards in this Set
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cryptic
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Delphian, Delphic, abstruse, ambiguous, apocryphal, arcane, cabalistic, dark, enigmatic, equivocal, esoteric, evasive, hidden, incomprehensible, inexplicable, murky, mysterious, mystic, mystical, mystifying, occult, opaque, oracular, perplexing, puzzling, recondite, secretive, strange, tenebrous, unclear, unfathomable, uninformative, vague, veiled
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cursory
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brief, careless, depthless, desultory, fast, half-assed, half-baked, haphazard, hit or miss, hurried, offhand, passing, perfunctory, quick, random, rapid, shallow, short, sketchy, slapdash, slight, sloppy, speedy, summary, superficial, swift, uncritical
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dearth
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absence, default, defect, deficiency, exiguousness, famine, inadequacy, infrequency, lack, meagerness, miss, need, paucity, poverty, privation, rareness, scantiness, scantness, shortage, slim pickings, sparsity, uncommonness, want
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debilitate
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attenuate, blunt, cripple, devitalize, disable, enervate, enfeeble, eviscerate, exhaust, extenuate, harm, hurt, injure, mar, prostrate, relax, sap, spoil, unbrace, undermine, unstrengthen, weaken, wear out
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decadence
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corruption, debasement, decay, declension, decline, degeneracy, degeneration, degradation, devolution, dissipation, dissolution, downfall, downgrade, evil, excess, fall, gluttony, incontinence, intemperance, lasciviousness, lechery, lewdness, licentiousness, regression, sensuality, sybaritism
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deference
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acquiescence; capitulation; complaisance; condescension; docility; obeisance; submission; yielding
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deflate
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collapse; decrease; depreciate; depress; devalue; diminish; empty; exhaust; flatten; puncture; shrink; squash; void; chasten; cut down to size; dash; debunk; disconcert; dispirit; humble; kick in the teeth; knock down; let down easy; let wind out of sails; mortify; puncture balloon; put down; shoot down; take down
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delineate
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characterize; chart; define; depict; detail; draft; draw; figure; lay out; limn; mark; plot; portray; represent; sketch out; trace
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demeanor
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address; air; attitude; bearing; carriage; comportment; conduct; deportment; disposition; mien; poise; port; presence; set
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denunciation
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accusation; arraignment; blame; castigation; censure; charge; cursing; denouncement; derogation; dressing down; fulmination; incrimination; indictment; invective; knock; obloquy; rap; reprehension; reprimand; reprobation; smearing; stigmatization; upbraidment; vilification
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