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19 Cards in this Set
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unwise, injudicious, imprudent, rash
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politic
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to diminish, reduce, lessen, degrade
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enhance
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modest, plain, simple, demure, retiring
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ostentatious
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unattractive, unappealing, repulsive
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winsome
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remarkable, distincitve; poetic, inspired
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prosaic
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succinct, terse, laconic; scarce, inadequate
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redundant
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to intensify, aggravate, worsen, exacerbate
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extenuate
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dull, boring, insipid, flat, tame, vapid
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scintillating
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to condemn, convict, incriminate, inculpate
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absolve
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helpful, beneficial; harmless, innocuous
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deleterious
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contentment, satiation, gratification
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cupidity
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explicit, express, stated, revealed
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implicit
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to bore to tears; to repel, put someone off
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enthrall
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to repeat verbatim, duplicate, quote
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paraphrase
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heartfelt, sincere, humble
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sanctimonious
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silence, stillness, peace and quiet
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clangor
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detached, apart, distant, remote
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contiguous
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to absorb, soak up, assimilate
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exude
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unknown, obscure, undistinguished, anonymous
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preeminent
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