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75 Cards in this Set
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arduous
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long and difficult to accomplish
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ardent
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fervent
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audacious
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bold
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impudent
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bold
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presumptuous
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bold
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insolent
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bold
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brazen
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bold
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impertinent
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irrelevent
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saucy
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bold
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temerity
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recklessness
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effrontery
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audacity
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valor
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brave
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pluck
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brave
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blanch
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drain of color
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blandish
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coax
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adulate
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coax
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bleak
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lacking warm qualities
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bombastic
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lack of humbleness
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brandish
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shake or wave something in a menacing manner
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brusque
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rough and abrupt
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burgeon
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grow rapidly
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peevish
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difficult to deal with
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bilious
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difficult to deal with
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petulant
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difficult to deal with
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irascible
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difficult to deal with
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factious
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difficult to deal with
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disputatious
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difficult to deal with
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capacious
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spacious
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commodious
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spacious
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circuitous
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indirect
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circumspect
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cautious
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gingerly
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cautious
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circumscribe
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restrict, limit
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circumvent
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bypass
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compendium
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concise list or summary
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epitome
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concise list or summary,representative or perfect example of a class
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capitulate
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surrender
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recapitulate
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summarize
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synopsis
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summary
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Epiphany
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sudden realization
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epitaph
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inscription on tombstone
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consensus
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general agreement
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corroborate
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support with evidence
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decorum
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conforming to accepted norms
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propriety
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conforming to accepted norms
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defile
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make impure
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demonstrative
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showy
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demystify
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to make clear
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desolate
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lonely
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destitute
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poor
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desultory
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random
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haphazard
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random
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hapless
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miserable,unfortunate
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dilatory
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tending to delay
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temporize
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tending to delay
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disabuse
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To free from a falsehood or misconception, enlighten
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edify
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To instruct especially so as to encourage intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement
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inculcate
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enlighten
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instill
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enlighten
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infuse
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enlighten
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disdain
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despise
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disingenuous
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not frank
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disparage
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slander
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diversion
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distraction
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divulge
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to make known
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docile
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easy to manage
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eclectic
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selecting from a wide variety
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decry
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denounce
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disgrace
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shame
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ignominy
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shame
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opprobrious
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shame
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derogatory
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disparaging
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emulate
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mimic
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enamor
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filled with love
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equanimity
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evenness of mind, composure
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