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45 Cards in this Set
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Preeminence
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having superiority above all others
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Edifying
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instructive
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Retrenchment
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reduction
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Brash
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outspoken, aggressively self-assertive
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Licentiousness
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a lack of morale restraint
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Callous
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cold hearted
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Didactic
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intended to instruct
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Unequivocal
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clear, unambiguous
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Tenuous
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loose or flimsy character
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Indigence
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poverty
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Indignent
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disbelieving usually in an offended kind of way
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Implacable
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impossible to appease
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Phlegmatic
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unemotional
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Churlish
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rude, sulky, normally childish
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Laconic
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brief
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Raiment
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clothing
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Reticence
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silent or restrained in expression
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Coddled
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to pamper
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Bellicose
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warlike or hostile
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Tacit
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silent, normally referring to an agreement
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Insolent
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not following directions
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Irresolute
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indecisive
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Antipodes
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direct opposites
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Bifurcations
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a literal splitting in two
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Dichotomies
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a figurative division into two
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Filial
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being a child
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Lugubrious
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mournful, gloomy
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Bucolic
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rural, pastoral
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Curative
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a remedy
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Vector
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course of direction
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Gaudy
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showy in a tasteless manner
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Ineffable
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cannot be uttered or described
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Incorrigible
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incapable of being reformer, very negative
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Engendered
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produced
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Discursive
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rambling
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Prolific
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producing a great quantity of something
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Lassitude
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weariness
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Morose
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sullen and ill-tempered
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Circuitous
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indirect
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Euphoric
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very hapy
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Impetuous
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acting on sudden impulse
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Innocuous
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harmless
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Effusive
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"gushy" emotional praise
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Ascetic
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a person who practices strict self-denial
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Dilettante
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amature
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