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40 Cards in this Set
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acrimony
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words or behavior filled with harshness, anger, or bitterness
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affable
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friendly, easygoing
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avarice
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greed
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bequeath
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to leave behind or hand down through a will; transmit
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cacophony
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a collection of sounds or voices that dont blend well; harshness of sound
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capacious
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large; roomy; spacious
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choler
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anger
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deprecate
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disapprove; belittle
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desultory
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lacking a plan; aimless
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enervate
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to sap the strength; weaken
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eulogize
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to praise highly; extol
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foment
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to stir into action; rouse; incite
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hackneyed
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unoriginal; trite
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heed
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to notice; pay attention to
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impetuous
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making quick decisions and taking sudden action; hasty; impulsive
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indigent
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very poor
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innocuous
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harmless; inoffensive
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jaunty
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lively; perky; sprightly
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juxtapose
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to place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast
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laconic
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quiet; of few words; terse
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lament
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to express sorrow; complain
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lofty
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of a great height; noble
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malign
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to say evil or harmful things about someone; defame; vilify
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myriad
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a large number; many
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nefarious
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extremely evil
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obviate
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to eliminate the need for something; to make unnecessary
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onerous
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burdensome; oppressive
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parity
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equality or equivalence; balance among a group of rivals
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phlegmatic
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calm; unemotional
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precocious
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mature at a young age
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querulous
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constantly complaining
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redolent
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strongly scented; fragrant
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salubrious
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promoting health
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seditious
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trying to incite a revolt against an authority figure
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specious
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having a false or misleading appearance; seemingly true, but actually false
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tangent
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a comment that is off the main topic
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tenuous
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thin; flimsy
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undulate
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to move in a wavy manner
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vacuous
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empty; stupid; purposeless
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zenith
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the highest point; apex
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