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65 Cards in this Set
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discord
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failure to agree or harmonize
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upheaval
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sudden disruption;
a state of disorder |
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deleterious
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harmful; injurious
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despoil
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to ruin
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exultant
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triumphant, celebratory
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ruinous
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bad for you, causing ruin
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overt
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obvious, open
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ubiquitous
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everywhere
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supplanted
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replaced by
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upbraid
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to severly criticize
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disconcerting
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frustrating, confusing
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pugnacious
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combative
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fractious
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unruly
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fastidious
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maticulous
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shrewdness
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acuteness, smartness
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ephemeral
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short-lived
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cognitive
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based on factual knowledge; relating to intellectual activity
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subsidized
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backed up
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exhumed
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dug up; brought to light
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quash
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squash
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laud
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praise; glorification; a musical hymn
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adroit
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skillful; adept under pressure
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beguile
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to deceive; to distract
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bolster
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to support
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xenophobic
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abnormal fear of the strange or foreign
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enervate
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to weaken or destroy the strength/energy
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inane
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foolish; lacking sense
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repudiate
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to reject the authority of; to doubt as untrue
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ameliorate
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to improve
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mollify
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to soften, soothe
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emolliant
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a softener, soother
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disingenous
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not straightfoward; pretending to be unaware
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peripatetic
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walking about place to place
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capricious
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fickle; not trustworthy
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ascendency
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superiority; domination
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profligate
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–adjective
1. utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute. 2. recklessly prodigal or extravagant. –noun 3. a profligate person. |
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circumvent
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to get around/avoid
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spendthrift
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one who spends money wastefully
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circumlocation
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indirect language
talk around something |
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precarious
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lacking stability
dangerous; perilous; risky: |
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eschew
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to avoid; shun
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wanderlust
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a strong, innate desire to rove or travel about.
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dissolute
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wasteful
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funambulist
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tight rope walker
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chimerical
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fantastically whimsical
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dilatory
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intended to delay
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diffident
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shy and timid
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sage
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having/exhibiting wisdom/calm judgement
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sagacious
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having/showing sound judgment
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vilify
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to make vicious statements about
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gauche
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tactless; lacking social polish
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guile
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skillful deceit
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caustic
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capable of burning/corroding
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gregarious
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sociable
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benign
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kind gentle
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vociferous
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crying out noisily, clamorous
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garrulous
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wordy, rambling
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effusive
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lacking reserve, unduly demonstrative;
pouring out, overflowing |
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taciturn
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untalkative, reticent
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reticent
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untalkative, taciturn
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munificent
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very generous
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extraneous
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foreign; irrelevant
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superfluous
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excessive; unecessary
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impervious
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impenetrable
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incontrovertible
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indisputable
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