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72 Cards in this Set
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ECLECTIC
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CHOOSING FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES
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ANOMALOUS
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DEVIATING FROM A GENERAL RULE
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MITIGATE
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TO RELIEVE (A PROBLEM)
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MOLLIFY
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TO RELIEVE (ANGER)
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ASSUAGE
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TO RELIEVE (PAIN)
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ALLAY
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TO RELIEVE (ANXIETY)
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INNOCUOUS
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HARMLESS, NOT DAMAGING
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VENERATE
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TO HONOR, ADMIRE
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REVERE
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TO HONOR, ADMIRE
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BANAL
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COMMONPLACE, ORDINARY
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HACKNEYED
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COMMONPLACE, ORDINARY
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PLATITUDE
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COMMONPLACE, ORDINARY
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VAPID
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COMMONPLACE, ORDINARY
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PROSAIC
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COMMONPLACE, ORDINARY
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ELUSIVE
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HARD TO CATCH, EVASIVE
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DILATORY
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TO DELAY
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TEMPORIZE
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TO DELAY
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DAWDLE
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TO DELAY
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CONVENTIONAL
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A TRADITIONAL CUSTOMARY WAY OF DOING THINGS
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OBSTINATE
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STUBBORN
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OBDURATE
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STUBBORN
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RECALCITRANT
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STUBBORN
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INTRANSIGENT
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STUBBORN
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INTRACTABLE
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STUBBORN
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MEAGER
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SPARSE, NOT ABUNDANT
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FLOURISH
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TO PROSPER, THRIVE
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REBUKE
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SCOLD
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CENSURE
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SCOLD
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REPRIMAND
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SCOLD
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REPROVE
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SCOLD
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REMONSTRATE
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SCOLD
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REPROACH
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SCOLD
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ADMONISH
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SCOLD
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LETHARGIC
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LACK ENERGY & VIGOR
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LANGUID
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LACK ENERGY & VIGOR
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TORPID
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LACK ENERGY & VIGOR
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WAN
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LACK ENERGY & VIGOR
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PHLEGMATIC
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LACK ENERGY & VIGOR
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ENERVATED
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LACK ENERGY & VIGOR
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ACCLAIM
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TO WIN PRAISE
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ADULATION
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TO WIN PRAISE
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EXTOL
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TO WIN PRAISE
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LAUD
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TO WIN PRAISE
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EULOGIZE
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TO WIN PRAISE
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PLAUDIT
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TO WIN PRAISE
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CURATOR
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A PERSON WHO IS IN CHARGE OF A MUSEUM
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MALEFACTOR
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A PERSON WHO DOES ILL TO OTHERS
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PACIFIST
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A PERSON WHO PROMOTES PEACE
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REVELER
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A PERSON WHO ENGAGES IN MERRY MAKING
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STALWART
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A LOYAL SUPPORTER
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SKINFLINT
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A PERSON WHO IS OVERLY THRIFTY WITH MONEY
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SCOUNDREL
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A UNRESPECTED PERSON, A RASCAL
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JINGOIST
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AN EXTREME NATIONALIST
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CHAUVINIST
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JINGOIST; A DEVOTEE TO ONE'S COUNTRY
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BENEFACTOR
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A PERSON WHO HELPS OTHERS
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GLUTTON
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A PERSON GIVEN TO GREEDY AND VORACIOUS EATING AND DRINKING
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VIRTUOSO
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A PERSON WITH GREAT ARTISTIC TALENT
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BOOR
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A PERSON WHO IS RUDE AND INSENSITIVE
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RECLUSE
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A PERSON WHO LEADS A SECLUDED OR SOLITARY LIFE, A HERMIT
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UPSTART
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A PERSON WHO HAS RISEN SUDDENLY FROM A LOW POSITION TO GREAT SUCCESS
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PRAGMATIST
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A PERSON WHO IS PRACTICAL AND THUS NOT GIVEN TO FLIGHTS OF FANCY
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DILETTANTE
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A PERSON HAVING SUPERFICIAL INTEREST IN A VARIETY OF FIELDS OR ENDEAVORS
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DEMAGOGUE
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A PERSON WHO AROUSES POPULAR PASSIONS AND PREJUDICES
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SUPPLICANT
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A PERSON WHO IS OVERLY HUMBLE
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DEPRECIATE
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TO GO DOWN IN VALUE
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DECRY
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TO CRITICIZE, CONDEMN
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DEPLORABLE
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WRETCHED, AWFUL, MISERABLE
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DEPLETE
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TO EXHAUST
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DESPONDENT
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FEELING VERY DOWN, DISCOURAGED
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DEBACLE
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A BIG DISASTER
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DEVOID
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TO GO DOWN IN THE SENSE OF BEING EMPTY, LACKING CONTENT
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AMBIVALENT
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LACKS CONVICTION
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