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23 Cards in this Set
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stubborn; inflexible
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obdurate
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causing disgust or hatred
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repugnant
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not pleasing to the taste
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unpalatable
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excessively cheap
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parsimonious
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traveling from place to place
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itinerant
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located far away
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remote
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short-lived or temporary
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transitory
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set free from restrictions or bonds
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unfettered
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one that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
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harbinger
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menacing; threatening
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ominous
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to serve as an omen or a warning of
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portend
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foretelling or predictiong future events
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prophetic
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not planned in advance; spur of the moment
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impromptu
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open to more than one interpretation
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ambiguous
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simultaneously feeling opposing feelings, such as love and hate
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ambivalent
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a judge who decides a disputed issue
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arbiter
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unimportant
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inconsequential
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describing a large amount of something
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ample
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expanding or growing rapidly
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burgeoning
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roomy; spacious
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capacious
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plentiful; having a large quantity
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copious
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spread or flowing throughout
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permeated
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enormous
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prodigious
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