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58 Cards in this Set
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ethereal
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heavenly
as light and insubstantial |
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FATUOUS
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foolish; silly; idiotic
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abnegate
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deny oneself things;
to reject; to renounce |
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aloof
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uninvolved
standing off keeping one's distance |
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avuncular
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an uncle
a nice uncle |
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amorphous
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shapeless
without a stable shape |
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precept
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a rule to live by
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peripatic
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wandering
traveling continually itinerant |
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propitious
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marked by favourable signs or conditions
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profane
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irreverent
blasphemous |
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profligate
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extravagantly wateful
wildly immoral |
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nefarious
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flagrantly wicked
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sardonic
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mocking scornful
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vitriolic
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full of bitterness
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blithe
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cheerful
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demagogue
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leader; rabble roused; despot
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histrionic
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overly dramatic
theatrical |
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countenance
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condone tolerate if a verb
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pecadillo
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minor offense
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exhort
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to urge strongly
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egalitarian
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beleiving ion the social and econ equality of all people
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contrition
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admission of guilt
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choleric
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short tempered
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commensurrate
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equal
proportional |
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bereft
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deprived or left desolate
oftne through death |
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bequest
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something left to someone in a will
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admonish
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scold gently
warn |
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foible
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a minor character flaw
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sentient
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able to perceive the senses
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mendacious
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dishonest
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lugubrious
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exagerradly mournful
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panacea
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something that cures all
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salient
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conspicuous
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acumen
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keenness of jdugement
mental sharpness |
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alacrity
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cheerful eagerness
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bemuse
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confused
vbewildered |
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beguile
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to deceive
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ignominy
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deep disrgace
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ingenuous
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without deception
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onerous
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burdensome
oppressive |
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QUIXOTIC
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ROMANTIC
IDEALISTIC TO A FOOLISH DEGREE |
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SUPERCILIOUS
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HAUGHTY PATRONIZING
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surfeit
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an excess amount
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vestige
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remaining amount of soemthing
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vicissitude
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upheaval
change in fortune natural change |
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versimilitude
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appearance of truth
similarity to reality |
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confluence
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a flowing together
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dictum
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a maxim
an adage |
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diffident
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timid
lacking in self confidence |
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obdurate
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stubborn and insensitive
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absequious
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fawning
sucking up to |
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officious
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annoyingly eager to help
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palpable
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tangible
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prosaic
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unimaginative
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platitudionous
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cliche
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prudent
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careful
having foresight |
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reclacitrant
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stubbornly defiant of cotnrol/authority
disobedient |
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redolent
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fragrant
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