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65 Cards in this Set
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Adroitness
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skill
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Altruism
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self-sacrifice
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Arbitration
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mediating between disputing sides
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Archaic
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old-fashioned
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Aural
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through the sense of hearing
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Cognitions
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mental knowledge
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Discernment
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judgment;
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Disingenuous
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crafty
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Distension
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swelling
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Egotists
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selfish people
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Emancipators
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those who set others free
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Enigmas
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puzzles
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Erudition
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learning; scholarly knowledge
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Exemplars
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excellent examples of
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Exonerated
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proved not guilty
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Extirpation
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destruction
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Fawning
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groveling; ‘sucking up’ to people
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Finesse
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skill
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Fitful
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intermittent; on and off; not continuous
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Gestures
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signals
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Hilarity
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great laughter
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Husbandry
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careful management of resources
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Ignominy
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shame
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Ineptitude
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lack of ability
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Insipid
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flavorless; bland
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Intuitions
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gut feelings
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Invocation
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prayer
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Irony
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something unexpected; use of words to convey opposite meaning
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Lackadaisical
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lazy
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Lamentable
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regrettable
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Mandate
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permission
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Manifesto
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statement of values
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Modicum
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tiny amount
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Notoriety
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infamy
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Obsequious
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groveling; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery bootlicking, fawning, sycophantic, toadyish
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Hilarity
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great laughter
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Husbandry
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careful management of resources
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Ignominy
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shame
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Ineptitude
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lack of ability
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Insipid
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flavorless; bland
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Intuitions
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gut feelings
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Invocation
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prayer
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Irony
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something unexpected; use of words to convey opposite meaning
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Lackadaisical
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lazy
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Lamentable
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regrettable
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Mandate
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permission
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Manifesto
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statement of values
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Modicum
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tiny amount
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Notoriety
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infamy
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Obsequious
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groveling; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery bootlicking, fawning, sycophantic, toadyish
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Opulence
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lavish display of wealth
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Pathos
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sadness; stirring the emotions
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Plaudits
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praise
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Prospectus
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A document describing the chief features of something; A brochure
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Raze
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knock down; To level to the ground; demolish.
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Rectitude
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uprightness
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Reprimanded
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scolded
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Rudimentary
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elementary; basic
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Sarcasm
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mockery
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Soporific
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sleep-inducing
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Stipulated
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insisted
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Tactile
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through the sense of touch
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Tenacity
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firmness of purpose
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Versatility
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ability to do many things
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Vicarious
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experienced indirectly; at secondhand
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