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16 Cards in this Set
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Abbreviated Communication
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abridge
compendium cursory curtail ayllabus synopsis terse |
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Act Quickly
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apace
abrupt headlong impetuous precipitate |
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Assist
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abet
advocate ancillary bolster corroborate countenance espouse mainstay munificent proponent stalwart sustenance |
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Bad Mood
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bilious
dudgeon irascible pettish petulant pique querulous umbrage waspish |
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Beginner / Amateur
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dilettante
fledging neophyte novitiate proselyte tyro |
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Beginning / Young
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burgeoning
callow engender inchoate incipient nascent |
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Biting (as in wit or temperment)
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acerbic
acidulous acrimonious asperity caustic mordacious mordant trenchant |
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Bold
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audacious
courageous dauntless |
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Boring
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banal
fatuous hackneyed insipid mundane pedestrian platitude prosaic quotidian trite |
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Carousal
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bacchanalian
debauchery depraved dissipated iniquity libertine libidinous licentious reprobate ribald salacious sordid turpitude |
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Change Quickly
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capricious
mercurial volatile |
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Copy
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counterpart
emulate facsimile factitious paradigm precursor quintessence simulated vicarious |
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CRITICIZE / CRITISISM
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aspersion
belittle berate calumny castigate decry defamation denounce deride / derisive diatribe disparage excoriate gainsay harangue impugn inveigh lambaste objurgate obloquy opprobium pillory rebuke remonstrate reprehend reprove revile tirade vituperate |
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Death / Mourning
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bereave
cadaver defunct demise dolorous elegy knell lament macabre moribund obsequies sepulchral wraith |
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Denying of Self
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abnegate
abstain ascetic spartan stoic temperate |
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Dictorial
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authoritarian
despotic dogmatic hegemonic imperious peremptory tyrannical |
