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16 Cards in this Set
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difficult or disagreeable obligation, task,
burden syn-responsibility, weight, duty, load |
onus
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outwardly appearing as such, professed,
pretended syn-apparent, evident, conspicuous |
ostensible
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constituting a beginning, giving ordiding to something derived or developed; pertaining to or existing at or from the very beginning
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primordial
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the spirit of the time; general tren dof thought or feeling characteristic of a particular period of time
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zeitgeist
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generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness; high-minded; noble
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magnanimous
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a sudden passing sensation of excitement; a shudder of emotion; thrill
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frisson
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a prehistoric cave dweller, a person of degraded, primitive, or brutal character, a person living in seclusion, a person unacquainted with affairs of the world, an animal living underground
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troglodyte
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subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim; fanciful or witty
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capricious
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inclided to quarrel or fight readcily, quarrelsome; belligerent, combative
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pugnacious
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expemtion from punishment, immunity from detrimental effects, as of an action
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impunity
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inclinded to dispute or disagree; argumentative calm; without distress or worry
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litigate
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clear, transparent, or pellucid, as water, crystal, or air, free from obscurity, lucid;; completely calm, without distress or worryy
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limpid
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sorrowful; mournful; melancholy
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doleful
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high-sounding; high-flown; infalted, pretentious
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bombastic
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sullen; gloomy; severe; stern; barren; rocky; infertile; difficult or impossible to cultivate
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dour
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characterized by great knowledge, learned or scholarly
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erudite
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