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110 Cards in this Set
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esoteric
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understood by few
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eulogy
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praise for deceased
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euphemism
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less offensive term
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evanescent
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vanishing
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exacerbate
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irritate
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exemplary
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worth imitating
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expident
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adventagiuos
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expedite
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sped up
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expunge
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blot out
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extol
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praise
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aggrandizment
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to make greater in size
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affinity
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resemblance
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acclaim
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praise or show approval
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eathetic
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artistic
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admonish
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to warn
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advocate
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in favor of something
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aquiesce
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accede, give in
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aberation
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unusual course of action
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abstract
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not concreate
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abstinence
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staying away from something usually achohol
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Alienate
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astrainged
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altruistic
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concerned of others
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aloof
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cool researved
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alleviate
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relieve
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ambivalence
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conflicting
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Ameliorate
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improve
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Ambiguous
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unclear
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Analogous
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comparable
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animosity
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dislike or having a grudge against
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Anonymity
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unknown
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Antagonism
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bitterness or hostility
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Antithesis
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opposite or contrast
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Apocheyphal
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fake: counterfit, or ficticious
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Articulate
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able to speak well
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arduous
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difficult
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assuage
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make easier and calm
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atrophy
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decrease in siza to waste away
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augment
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add to enlarge
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austere
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stern
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authoritarian
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one who demands authority blind obidience of authority
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autonomy
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self gov't
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adversioon
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intense dislike
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bequeath
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pass along
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bombastic
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high strong
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bazarre
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fantastic
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blithe
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happily lighthearted
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buffoon
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clown
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belittle
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unimportant to make seem little or less
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cache
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a hidden place for loot(money)
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cacophony
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harsh sound, noise, racket
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cajole
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coax
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Callaquical
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conversational
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Callous
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unfeeling
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capitulate
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surrender
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capricious
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fickle
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carping
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complaining nudging
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catharis
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calm, purging, puricication
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catalyst
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change; agent for change; an element that causes change`
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caustic
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sharp; sarcastic; edge bitting
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celestial
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dealing with the stars and heaven
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censure
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strong disapproval against
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chronic
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hapitual long lasting
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chimerical
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fantastic imagining
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chastise
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punish
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circumspect
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careful caustious
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clandestine
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secrecy; hidden; concealed
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clairvoyant
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perceptive insite
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clemency
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merciful
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coalesce
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marry, fuse, unite
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comiserate
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sympathetic
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compatible
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agreeable working together
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conspicuous
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obious to the eye or mind easily seen or noticed
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concise
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expressing in few words, brief
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capious
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lavish, present in large quality bountiful abundant
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crass
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rude, gross, trustless, stupid
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condone
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to overlook or forgive
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criterian
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test
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composure
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calmness selfcontrol
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corroborate
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confirm; support
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conciliatory
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bring in together; smooth
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desercrate
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swear curse
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diffuse
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wordy, to pore out or spread wildly
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devious
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crooked artful
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deprecate
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cheapen depress
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devoid
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being without bare empty vacent wanting
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despot
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dictator opposer
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derogatory
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gegrading insulting
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deter
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discourage
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diatribe
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rant abusive speach or writing
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didactic
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inform or teach
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dearth
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lack of; sparcity
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debilitate
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to make weak
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decadence
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respectful; honor
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cursory
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hasty superficial
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cryptic
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mysterious
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deflate
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to release air or gas from
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denunciation
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disagree
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demeanor
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conduct behavior
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delineate
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sketch potray draw
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duplicity
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double more than one
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efface
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earase or delete
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eludicate
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to explain
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Eclectic
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all different kinds of things put together
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dogmatic
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positive in stating amtters of opinion-assertive
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elusive
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baffling
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effervesent
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bubbly happy
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egregious
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bad; fragrant bad reasons
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dormant
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inactive
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ebb
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flowing back from or growing weaker
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