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50 Cards in this Set
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abnegation
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self-denial,; rejection
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abstruse
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recondite; diffcult to understand
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acrid
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bitter pungent smell.
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affront
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insult
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anachronism
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misdating
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august
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high-ranking, magistic
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cacophony
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discord, not harmonic
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chagrin
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displeasure; dismay; humilation.
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clandestine
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secret; hidden
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contumely
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shame; humilation; disgrace
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depreciate
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oppose, disaprobate
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desultory
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gathered from many sources
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eclectic
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occasional, random, haphazard
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egregious
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bad, obvious, flagrant
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enamored
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fond, loving
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eschew
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shun
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facile
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complaisant
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fickle
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changing, unstable, inconstant
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generic
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common, general, widepread
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harbinger
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sign, foreteller, presager
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hypochondriac
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worried about health; suffers imaginary illness.
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impute
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charge, attribute, ascribe
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ineptitude
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clumsiness, unfitness, ineffciency
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intrepid
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brave, fearless, dauntless
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juxtapose
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set together; promximity.
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labyrinth
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confusing pattern, entanglement, maze.
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Machiavellian
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sly, wily, astute
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mellifluous
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smooth, honeyed
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nomad
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wanderer, gypsy, itinerant
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ostentatious
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pretentious
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paradox
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contradiction
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pathos
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pity, tenderness, sorrowness
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pensive
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Deep thoughtfullness
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Philistine
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A smug, ignorant
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poignant
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Neat, skillful, piercing, incisive, touching; moving.
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prate
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chatter
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propinquity
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nearness
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redress
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remedy rectify
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reticent
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restrained or reserved in style.
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satiated
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satisfied fully; sated
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staccato
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distinct
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succinct
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concise; terse
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sycophant
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servile self-seeker
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tenacious
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presistent; stubborn
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tyro
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a beginner; a neophyte
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vainglorious
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boastful
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verbosity
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wordiness; prolixity
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virtuoso
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masterly skill in any field
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vivacity
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animated; spirghtly; spirited
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wanton
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immoral, unchaste, cruel, excessive, extravagant
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