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25 Cards in this Set
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aesthetic |
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artistic; showing good taste |
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aloof |
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apart; indifferent |
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archaic |
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antiquated; old; out of use |
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assuage |
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to ease; to migitate |
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belie |
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to contradict |
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contentious |
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quarrelsome |
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daunt |
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to intimidate; to dismay |
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debilitate |
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to weaken; to enfeeble |
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discord |
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lack of agreement; tenseness |
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dissemination |
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a scattering; dispersal |
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dogmatic |
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doctrinal; opinionated |
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egocentric |
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self- centered; selfish |
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duplicity |
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doub;e- dealing; hypocracy |
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gluttonous |
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greedy; voracious |
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mundane |
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ordinary; comonplace |
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ominous |
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threatening |
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petulance |
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unreasonable irritation |
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pompous |
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vain; ostentatious; bombastic |
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precocious |
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early in development |
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slothful |
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lazy;indolent |
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trivia |
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insignificant matters |
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verbose |
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wordy |
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virulent |
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poisonous; injurious; hostile |
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volatile |
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quickly changing |
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euphemism |
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substitution of a less offensive term for an offensive one |
