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50 Cards in this Set
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assail
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assault
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assiduous
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diligent
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assuage
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to lessen
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astute
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wise; shrewd; keen
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attribute
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essential quality
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attrition
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gradual decrease in numbers; reduction in the work force w/o firing employees
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augment
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increase
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aura
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distinctive atmosphere; luminous glow
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auspicious
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favoring success; fortunate
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austere
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forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented
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averse
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reluctant
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aversion
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firm dislike
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avid
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greedy; eager for
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balk
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foil or thwart
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banal
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hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality
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bane
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cause of ruin; curse
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begrudge
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resent
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beguile
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mislead or delude, ceat; pass time
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belie
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contradict, give a false impression, misrepresent
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blandishment
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flattery
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blare
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loud, harsh roar; screech
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blasphemy
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irreverence; sacrileg; cursing
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blatant
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flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
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blithe
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gay; joyous; carefree
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brackish
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somewhat salty
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brandish
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wave around; flourish
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brevity
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conciseness
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brine
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salt water; sea water (as opposed to fresh)
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bungle
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mismanage; blunder
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cajole
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coax; wheedle
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camaraderie
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good-fellowship
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candor
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frankness; open honestry
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cant
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insincere, hypocritical speech; "pious" talk; jargon of thieves
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capricious
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unpredictable; fickle, labile
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carping
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finding fault
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castigation
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punishment, severe criticism
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caustic
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burning; sarcastically biting
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cessation
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stopping
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chaff
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husks and stems left over when grain has been threshed; worthless, leftover by-products
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chagrin
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vexation; disappointment
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chary
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cautious; sparing or restrained about giving
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chasm
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abyss
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chauvinist
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blindly devoted patriot
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chicanery
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trickery; deception
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circumscribe
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limit; confine
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circumspect
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prudent, discrete, cafeful to consider all cirumstances and consequences
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clemency
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disposition to be lenient; mildness, as of the weather
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coalesce
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combine; fuse
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cogitate
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think over
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collosal
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huge
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