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24 Cards in this Set
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Adulation
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the act of showing excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely.
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Advent
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a coming into place, view, or being; arrival.
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Altruist
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a person unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others.
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Apathy
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absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement; lack of interest in or concern for things that others find moving or exciting.
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Benefactor
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a person who confers a benefit; kindly helper.
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Benign
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gracious; showing or expressive of gentleness or kindness.
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Castigate
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to criticize; to punish in order to correct.
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Concurrent
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occurring or existing simultaneously or side by side; agreeing; cooperating.
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Defame
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to accuse; to attack the good name or reputation of, as by uttering or publishing maliciously or falsely anything injurious.
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Dilettante
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a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, esp. in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler.
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Discord
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disagreement.
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Efface
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to wipe out, erase.
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Euphonious
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pleasant in sound.
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Exonerate
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to clear, as of an accusation; free from guilt or blame; exculpate.
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Extol
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to praise highly.
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Maladroit
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unskillful; awkward.
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Malign
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to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame.
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Oblique
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not direct or straight.
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Opprobrium
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the disgrace or the reproach incurred by conduct considered outrageously shameful; infamy.
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Panacea
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an answer or solution for all problems or difficulties.
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Proponent
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a person who argues in favor of something; an advocate; adherent.
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Retrospect
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contemplation of the past.
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Stoic
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free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity.
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Sycophant
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a self-seeking, servile flatterer.
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