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51 Cards in this Set
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brevity
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the quality or state of being brief in duration
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expedient
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appropriate to a purpose; convient; speedy
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transient
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passing quickly in time or space
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augment
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to make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity; to supplement
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bolster
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to hearten, support or prop up
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burgeon
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to grow and flourish
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copious
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plentiful; having a large quantity
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distned
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to swell out or expand from pressure, as when overly full
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grandiose
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great in scope or intent; grand
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prodigious
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enormous
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profundity
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great depth of intellect, feeling, or meaning
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redouble
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to make twice as great; to double
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scintillating
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brilliant
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averse
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strongly disinclined
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conspicuous
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easy to notice; obvious
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demure
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modest and reserved
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diffidence
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timidity or shyness
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docile
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submissice to intruction; willing to be taught
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innocuous
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having no adverse effect; harmless
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placid
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calm or quiet; undisturbed
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quiescent
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quiet, still, or at rest; in active
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concord
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agreement
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concur
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to agree
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dogmatic
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stubbornly attached to insufficiently proven beliefs
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fastidious
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carefully attentive to detail; difficult to please
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intransigence
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refusal to moderate a position or to compromise
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jocular
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characterized by or given to joking
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menticulous
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extremely careful and precise
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affable
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easy going; friendly
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alacrity
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promtness in response; cheerful readiness; eaerness
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amiable
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friendly; agreeable; good-natured
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benign
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kind and gentle
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sanguine
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cheerfully confident; optimistic
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belligerent
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eager to fight; hostile or agressive
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byzantine
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extremely complicated or devious
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cantankerous
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ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable
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contentious
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qurrelesome
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deleterious
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having a harmful effect
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exacerbate
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to increase the severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
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flippant
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disrespectfully humorous or casual
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insolent
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insulting in manner or speech
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nefarious
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flagrantly wicked; vicious
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pernicious
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extremely or irrevocably harmful; deadly
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rancorous
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marked by bitter, deep-seated ill-wit
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repugnant
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arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive
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tawdry
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gaudy and cheap
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arboreal
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relating to or resembling a tree or trees
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invocation
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a call (usually upon a higher power) for assistence, support or inspiration
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stratify
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to layer or seperate into layers
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variegated
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having streaks, marks, or patches of different color or colors; varicolored
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verdant
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green with vegetation
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