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62 Cards in this Set
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Discordant, jarring, absurd
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Incongruous
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A mild or inoffensive expression used in place of a harsh, unpleasent one
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Euphemism
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to claim, contend
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Allege
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ubquenchable, ravenous, voracious
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insatiable
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to reconcile, make consistent
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conciliate
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conspiracy, plot, connivance, cahoots
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collusion
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distrustfully, suspiciously,skeptically
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askance
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gentle, kind
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benign
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desirous of something to the point of greed
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avid
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averse, indisposed
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loath
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swifiness, rapidity of motion or action
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celerity
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any opening move that invokes risk or sacrifice in order to gain a later edvantage
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gambit
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destitute, dirt poor, flat, flat broke
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Indigent
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bags, belongings,luggage, paraphernalia
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slough
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complainant, complainer
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caviler
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full of, bristling, charged, filled, heavy, laden
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fraught
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comprehensive, liberal, many-sided, mingled, mixed
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eclectic
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isolate, excommunicate, ostracize
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sequester
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alike, duplicate, equal, equivalent, identical, indistinguishable
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tantamount
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accomplishment, action
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coup
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airy, celestial, dainty, divine
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ethereal
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atmosphere, climate, surroundings
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ambient
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annoy, bother, call, challenge, confront, cross, dare
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accost
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deceitful, dishonorable, double-dealing
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devious
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wordiness, repetition
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verbiage
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deception, cheating, maneuver, plot, ploy
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chicanery
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mischief, fraud, chicanery
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machinations
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appropriate, becoming, befitting, formal, good, mannerly
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decorous
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be disregarded, be neglected, become dull
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languish
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poverty-stricken, destitute, dirt poor
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impecunious
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clique, club, companions, company, comrades, coterie, crew, cronies
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cabal
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brown-nosing, suckup
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obsequious
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awkward, bad-mannered, barbaric
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bucolic
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a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way
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juggernaut
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cancel, annul, override, recall, repeal
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countermand
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class, degree, file, grade, level, office
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echelon
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abandon, cast off, discard, dump, expel
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jettison
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applause, cheer
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acclamation
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understandable, comprehensible, orderly, organized, rational
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coherent
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copy, mimic
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emulate
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uncommunicative, cold, curt, distant
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taciturn
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hopeful, Asking humbly and earnestly; beseeching
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suppliant
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throb, To give a wavelike appearance or form to.
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undeulate
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support, defense, fortification
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bastion
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provoke, annoy
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nettle
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collapsed, fallen, horizontal
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recumbent
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disgrace, dishonor
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ignominy
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lie, deception
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sohpistry
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skeptic, nonbeliever
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agnostic
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design, device, figure, motive, pattern
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motif
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figure, icon, idol, image, likeness, model
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effigy
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Abounding in trees; wooded
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sylvan
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careless, energyless
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lackadaisical
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flatten, demolish, destroy
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raze
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delay, pause, putting off, stay, suspension
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moratorium
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appearance, disguise, exterior
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facade
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capability, ability
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efficacy
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perfect, flawless, ideal
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impeccable
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overflowing, abundant, alive
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rife
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difficult, backbreaking, burdensome
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onerous
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delicious
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delectable
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on and off, unfrequent, spasmodic
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sporadic
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