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43 Cards in this Set
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abstemious
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moderate
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aegis
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that which protects
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amorphous
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shapeless
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anathema
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curse
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animus
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hate
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antipodal
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exactly opposite
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approbation
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approval
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artless
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naive, simple
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ascetic
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self-denying
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banal
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trite
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bellicose
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war-like
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cachet
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prestige
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callow
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inexperienced
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capacious
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spacious
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cathartic
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purgative, purifying
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chary
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cautious
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desiccate
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dehydrate
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desultory
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without direction in life
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didactic
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instructional
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effloresce
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to bloom
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effrontery
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insolence
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ennui
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boredom
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fulminate
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denounce, menace
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germane
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relevant
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histrionic
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overly dramatic
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iconoclast
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one who rails against sacred institutions
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impervious
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impenetrable
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impolitic
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unwise
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ineffable
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inexpressible
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inimical
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adverse, hostile
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insipid
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flat, dull
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internecine
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mutually destructive
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intractable
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unmanageable
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inure
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accustom, habituate, harden
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inveigle
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lure
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lassitude
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lethargy
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levity
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frivolity
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lurid
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ghastly
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malinger
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shirk
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misanthrope
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hater of mankind
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nascent
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incipient
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neologism
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newly coined expression
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nonplus
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confound
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