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48 Cards in this Set
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remnant
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part left over
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inhibit
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to restrain, to check, to prohibit
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supplant
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take the place of, especially by force
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compel
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to force
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parch
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to make hot and dry; to make thirsty
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aerates
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to expose to air
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dubious
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doubtful
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erroneous
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wrong
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incongruous
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not suitable; disagreeing and inharmonious in character
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implausible
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not credible
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pertinent
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relevant; to the point
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coherent
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clear and intelligible
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concordant
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agreeing; harmonious
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rhetoric
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effective or showy use of words
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credible
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believable
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missive
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letter or note
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illusory
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causing illusion; deceptive; misleading; unreal
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vignette
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brief descriptive sketches
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treatise
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formal writing on a subject
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cantankerous
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bad-tempered; quarrelsome
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gargantuan
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huge
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tractable
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manageable
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intrinsic
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real; essential; belonging to a thing by its very nature
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consensus
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general opinion
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trove
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a collection of objects
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visionary
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idealistic and impractical person
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deplore
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to be sorry about; to disapprove of
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trivial
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unimportant
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disparage
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belittle
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breadth
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width or scope
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prolific
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producing much
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decry
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to denounce
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mundane
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of or pertaining to this world or earth as contrasted with heaven
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pivotal
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of, pertaining to, or serving as a pivot; of vital or critical importance
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salient
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prominent; conspicuous
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supplementary
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additional
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stickler
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one who is stubbornly fussy
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naysayer
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a person who habitually expresses negative or pessimistic views
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bungler
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a clumsy person
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demagogue
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one who appeals to prejudices, etc. to win power
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maverick
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a lone dissenter, as an intellectual, an artist, or a politician, who takes an independent stand apart from his or her associates
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reactionary
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ultraconservative
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partisan
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strong supporter
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explicit
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clearly stated; definite
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refuted
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prove wrong
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anecdote
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brief story
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decorum
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proper behavior
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receptacle
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a container, device, etc., that receives or holds something
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