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70 Cards in this Set
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augery
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omen
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desiccant
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substance used to absorb moisture
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ingenuos
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lacking subtlety
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disingenous
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crafty
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blige
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bulge (as in a cask)
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derivative
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obtained from another source
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bedizen
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to adorn in a cheap / showy manner
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desultory
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aimless
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discountenence
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refusal of approval
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countervail
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counterbalance
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diaphanous
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transparent / gauzy
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desuetude
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disuse
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abrogate
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null by authority
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calumny
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slander
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diffidence
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shyness
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demagogue
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leader appealing to baseness
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contumacious
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rebellious
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abjure
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promise to give up
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accretion
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growing of separate things into a single entity
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cadge
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get by begging
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descry
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see in distance
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consternation
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surprise and fear
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discomfit
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confuse / embarras
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acarpous
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worn out
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deprecate
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protest against
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commodious
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having plenty of room for purpose
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coeval
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of the same time period
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debacle
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sudden disaster
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bellicose
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war like / belligerent
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detumescence
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lessening of swelling
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blandishment
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flattery
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recondite
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hidden
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capricious
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changes mind easily
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extemporaneous
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improvised
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impecenious
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broke (money)
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opprobrium
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contempt
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mendacity
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dishonesty
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querelous
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complaining
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sedulous
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hardworking
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truculent
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fierce / eager to fight
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refulgent
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brilliant
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laconic
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terse
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solicitious
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eager
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contentious
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argumentative
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recalcitrant
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difficult to manage / intractable
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alacrity
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willingness
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ingenous
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artless
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trenchant
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sharply perceptive
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salubrious
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good for you
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polemical
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contraversial
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halcyon
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calm / peaceful
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probity
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attendence to high principles
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penurious
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cheap
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fulminate
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loudly denounce
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incipient
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developing
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inchoate
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not yet fully formed
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specious
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misleading
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inchoate
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not yet fully formed
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obseqious
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fawning
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exigent
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urgent
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erudite
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sholarly
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garrulous
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talkative
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quotidian
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pedestrian / commonplace
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vitoperate
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use harsh language against
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profligate
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wasteful
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obviate
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anticipate and make unnecessary
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dissemble
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conceal
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perspicacious
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acute
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dissemble
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conceal
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alacrity
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willingness
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