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32 Cards in this Set
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skillful, expert in hte use of the hands or mind
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adroit
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peaceable, friendly
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amicable
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opposed, unwilling
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averse
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warlike, combative, aggressive
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belligerent
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kindly, charitable
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benevolent
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hasty, not thorogh
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cursory
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treachery, deceitfulness
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duplicity
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to praise extravagantly
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extol
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possible, able to be done
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feasible
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a wry face, facial distortion
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grimace
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a large-scale destruction
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holocaust
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not affected or hurt by
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impervious
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a moving force, impulse, stimulus
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impetus
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danger
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jeopardy
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extremely careflul; particular about details
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meticulous
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a longing for something past; homesickness
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nostalgia
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the purest essence or form of something, the most typical example
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quintessence
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to move backward
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retrogress
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to examine closely
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scrutinize
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lukewarm, unenthusiastic, absense of interest
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tepid
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a symbolic representation (Apple from Adam and Eve)
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allegory
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attribution of a pesonal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions.
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personification
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opposition, contrast
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antithesis
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self-contradictory statement
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oxymoron
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to state less strongly that the facts would bear out
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uderstatement
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liability to be wrong or to be decieved
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fallibility
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the act of being humble
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self-effacement
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the act of fusing
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fusion
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affecting the sense of touch
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tactile
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the state or condition of being passive
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passivity
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applies to a measurement having supporting evidence
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objectivity
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tending to produce (as in memories)
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evocative
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