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159 Cards in this Set
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Bombastic
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Overblown/Wordy
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Circumlocution
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Overblown/Wordy
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Garrulous
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Overblown/Wordy
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Grandiloquent
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Overblown/Wordy
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Loquacious
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Overblown/Wordy
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Periphrastic
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Overblown/Wordy
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Prolix
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Overblown/Wordy
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Rhetoric
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Overblown/Wordy
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Turgid
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Overblown/Wordy
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Verbose
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Overblown/Wordy
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Ameliorate
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Pacify/Satisfy
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Appease
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Pacify/Satisfy
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Assuage
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Pacify/Satisfy
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Defer
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Pacify/Satisfy
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Mitigate
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Pacify/Satisfy
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Mollify
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Pacify/Satisfy
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Placate
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Pacify/Satisfy
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Propitiate
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Pacify/Satisfy
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Satiate
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Pacify/Satisfy
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Slake
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Pacify/Satisfy
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Soothe
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Pacify/Satisfy
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Euphonious
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Pleasant-Sounding
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Harmonious
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Pleasant-Sounding
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Melodious
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Pleasant-Sounding
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Sonorous
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Pleasant-Sounding
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Destitute
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Poor
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Esurient
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Poor
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Impecunious
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Poor
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Indigent
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Poor
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Acclaim
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Praise
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Accolade
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Praise
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Aggrandize
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Praise
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Encomium
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Praise
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Eulogize
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Praise
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Extol
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Praise
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Fawn
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Praise
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Laud/Laudatory
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Praise
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Venerate/Veneration
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Praise
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Augur
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Predict
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Auspice
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Predict
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Fey
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Predict
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Harbinger
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Predict
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Portentous
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Predict
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Presage
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Predict
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Prescient
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Predict
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Prognosticate
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Predict
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Discomfort
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Prevent/Obstruct
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Encumber
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Prevent/Obstruct
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Fetter
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Prevent/Obstruct
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Forfend
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Prevent/Obstruct
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Hinder
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Prevent/Obstruct
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Impede
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Prevent/Obstruct
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Inhibit
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Prevent/Obstruct
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Occlude
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Prevent/Obstruct
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Astute
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Smart/Learned
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Canny
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Smart/Learned
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Erudite
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Smart/Learned
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Perspicacious
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Smart/Learned
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Disconsolate
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Sorrow
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Doleful
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Sorrow
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Dolor
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Sorrow
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Elegiac
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Sorrow
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Forlorn
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Sorrow
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Lament
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Sorrow
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Lugubrious
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Sorrow
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Melancholy
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Sorrow
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Morose
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Sorrow
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Plaintive
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Sorrow
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Threnody
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Sorrow
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Implacable
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Stubborn
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Inexorable
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Stubborn
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Intractable
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Stubborn
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Intransigent
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Stubborn
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Obdurate
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Stubborn
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Obstinate
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Stubborn
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Recalcitrant
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Stubborn
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Refractory
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Stubborn
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Renitent
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Stubborn
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Untoward
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Stubborn
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Vexing
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Stubborn
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Compendious
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Terse
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Curt
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Terse
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Laconic
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Terse
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Pithy
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Terse
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Succinct
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Terse
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Taciturn
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Terse
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Anachronism
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Time/Order/Duration
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Antecede
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Time/Order/Duration
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Antedate
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Time/Order/Duration
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Anterior
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Time/Order/Duration
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Archaic
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Time/Order/Duration
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Diurnal
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Time/Order/Duration
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Eon
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Time/Order/Duration
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Ephemeral
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Time/Order/Duration
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Epoch
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Time/Order/Duration
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Fortnight
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Time/Order/Duration
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Millennium
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Time/Order/Duration
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Penultimate
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Time/Order/Duration
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Synchronous
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Time/Order/Duration
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Temporal
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Time/Order/Duration
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Craven
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Timid/Timidity
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Diffident
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Timid/Timidity
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Pusillanimous
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Timid/Timidity
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Recreant
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Timid/Timidity
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Timorous
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Timid/Timidity
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Trepidation
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Timid/Timidity
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Candor/Candid
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Truth
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Fealty
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Truth
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Frankness
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Truth
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Indisputable
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Truth
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Indubitable
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Truth
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Legitimate
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Truth
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Probity
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Truth
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Sincere
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Truth
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Veracious
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Truth
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Verity
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Truth
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Aberration
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Unusual
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Anomaly
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Unusual
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Iconoclast
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Unusual
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Idiosyncrasy
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Unusual
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Ambulatory
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Walking About
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Itinerant
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Walking About/Wandering
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Peripatetic
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Walking About/Wandering
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Discursive
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Wandering
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Expatiate
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Wandering
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Forage
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Wandering
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Peregrination
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Wandering
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Sojourn
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Wandering
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Adulterate
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Weaken
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Enervate
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Weaken
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Exacerbate
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Weaken
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Inhibit
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Weaken
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Obviate
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Weaken
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Stultify
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Weaken
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Undermine
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Weaken
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Vitiate
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Weaken
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Adage
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Wisdom
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Aphorism
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Wisdom
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Apothegm
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Wisdom
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Axiom
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Wisdom
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Bromide
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Wisdom
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Dictum
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Wisdom
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Epigram
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Wisdom
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Platitude
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Wisdom
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Sententious
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Wisdom
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Truism
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Wisdom
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Abeyance
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Withdrawal/Retreat
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Abjure
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Withdrawal/Retreat
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Abnegation
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Withdrawal/Retreat
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Abortive
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Withdrawal/Retreat
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Abrogate
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Withdrawal/Retreat
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Decamp
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Withdrawal/Retreat
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Demur
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Withdrawal/Retreat
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Recant
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Withdrawal/Retreat
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Recidivism
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Withdrawal/Retreat
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Remission
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Withdrawal/Retreat
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Renege
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Withdrawal/Retreat
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Rescind
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Withdrawal/Retreat
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Retrograde
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Withdrawal/Retreat
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