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50 Cards in this Set
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acquiesce
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agree, consent, accept
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altercation
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quarrel, bitter argument, angry dispute
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anathema
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a thing accursed, despised, detested
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bestial
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brutal, vile, cruel and violent
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cavil
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find fault, quibble, carp
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clairvoyant
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discerning, perceptive, beyond the ordinary
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compunction
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pity, remorse, scruple
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copious
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abundant, plentiful, ample
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covert
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secret, hidden, surreptitious
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dormant
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sleeping, inactive, quiescent
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efficacy
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capacity to accomplish some desired end, effectiveness
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emulous
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imitative, desirous of rivaling
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ensconce
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securely settled, firmly established
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entreaty
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a petition, earnest request
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equivocate
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lies cunningly, speaks ambiguously with the intention of misleading
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factitious
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made up, not genuine, artificial
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flagitious
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openly wicked, flagrant, shameless
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forensic
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argumentative, debating, full of disputations
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fulsome
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exaggerated, excessive, gross
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homogeneous
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similair, alike, uniform
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impecunious
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poor, penniless, unprosperous
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inadvertent
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unintentional, careless, heedless
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indigent
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poverty-stricken, needy, destitute
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iniquitous
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evil, wicked, sinful
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inveterate
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deep-seated, long established, habituated
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languid
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drooping, dull, limp
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machination
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plot, scheme, wile
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mollify
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soothe, appease, pacify
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neophyte
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newcomer, beginner, novice
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noisome
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offensive, foul, noxious
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obtuse
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slow, stupid, imperceptive
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opprobrious
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shameful, disgraceful,infamous
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parody
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humorous imitation, caricature, travesty
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peruse
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read with care, study, scrutinize
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pithy
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concise, terse, yet full of meaning
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preponderate
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is strongest, is most important, predominates
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quandary
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an uncertainty, puzzlement, dilemma
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recant
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renounced their former beliefs
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redolent
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sweetly smelling of, fragrant with, associated in our minds with
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ribald
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coarse, vulgar, offensive
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sapient
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wise, sage, sagacious
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sinuous
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winding, meandering,serpentine
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sophistry
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false argument, appealing but fallacious reasoning
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splenetic
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bitter, complaining, irritable
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succor
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aid, relief, assistance
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upbraid
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scold, reproach, chide
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Vicissitude
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changes, variations, altercations
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vociferous
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loud, emphatic, clamorous
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demure
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modest, sedate, decorous
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machination
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plots,schemes, wiles
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