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59 Cards in this Set
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espouse
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to marry, support
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buttress
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support
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estrange
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alienate
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disaffect
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alienate, To cause to lose affection or loyalty, estrange
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eschew
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avoid
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exasperate
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cause irritation, annoy
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exigency
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great urgency
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fallible
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prone to making errors
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fallacy
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mistake
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fallacious
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misleading
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fastidious
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exacting, hard to please
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meticulous
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exacting
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fathom
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comprehend
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extant
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still existing
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feasible
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possible
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fervor
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intense feeling
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flaunt
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show off
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flout
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treat with contempt
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garish
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gaudy
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meticulous
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Extremely or excessively concerned with details.
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vibrant
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rich in color
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resonant
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good sound
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gingerly
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cautious
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gratuitous
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not called for by the circumstances
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desultory
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random
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circuitous
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indirect
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felicity
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happy
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felicitous
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apt, happy
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solicitous
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worried
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gullible
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easily fooled
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credulous
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too readily to believe
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hubris
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excessive pride
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idiosyncrasy
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unorthodox
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incandescent
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bright
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incantation
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spell
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incipient
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early stages
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embryonic
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early stages
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commencing
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early stages
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rudimentary
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early stages
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inchoate
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early stages
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nascent
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early stages
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onset
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early stages
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incontrovertible
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cannot be argued
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indelicate
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lacking sensitivity for feeling
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tactless
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lacking sensitivity for feeling
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unseemly
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lacking sensitivity for feeling, improper
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indiscreet
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action marked by lack of decorum, unwise
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indomitable
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incapable of being subdued
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ineffable
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incapable of being expressed
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innate
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present in an individual
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congenital
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present in an individual
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inept
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lacking skill
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inapt
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not appropriate
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inane
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silly vacuous,fatuous,One that lacks sense or substance
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insipid
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common
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insolent
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disrespectful
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insuperable
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cannot be conquered
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irrevocable
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cannot be altered
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adulterate
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to make impure
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