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24 Cards in this Set
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Advocate
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To speak in favor of, support
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Ascetic
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Hermitlike, practicing self-denial
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Ironic
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Satiric, unexpected
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Dogmatic
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Arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas, claiming that something is beyond dispute
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Condone
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To overlook, to permit to happen
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Dissent
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Disagreement
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Voluntary
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Willing, unforced
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Didactic
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Instructive
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Disparate
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Different, incompatible
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Disparage
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To belittle, say uncomplimentary things about
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Ephemeral
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Short-lived, fleeting
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Compliant
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Yielding, submissive
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Expedient
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Providing an immediate advantage
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Fastidious
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Meticulous, demanding
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Belligerent
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Combative, quarrelsome, waging war
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Astute
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Perceptive, intelligent
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Languish
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To become weak, listless, depressed
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Censure
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To condemn severely for doing something bad
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Mitigate
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To lesson the severity of something
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Engender
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To create
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Anecdote
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A brief, entertaining story
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Scanty
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Minimal, inadequate
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Fallacious
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False
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Acclaim
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Applause, admiration
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