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36 Cards in this Set
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Reproachful disdain
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Lucid
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Clear; easy to understand
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Aesthetic
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Having to do with artistic beauty
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Prodigal
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Extravagant; wasteful
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Augment
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To add to; to increase; to make bigger
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Complacent
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Smug; self-satisfied; pleased with oneself
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Guile
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Cunning duplicity
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Squander
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To waste
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Incessant
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Unceasing; never-ending
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Laudable
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Worthy of praise
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Deter
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To prevent; to stop; to keep from doing something.
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Redundant
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Unnecessarily repetitive
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Infamous
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Shamefully wicked
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Provocative
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Attracting attention
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Depravity
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Moral corruption
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Gravity
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Seriousness
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Banal
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Unoriginal; ordinary
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Extol
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To praise
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Euphony
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Pleasant sound
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Deride
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To ridicule
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Insipid
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Dull; banal
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Austere
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Unadorned; stern; forbidding
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Expidite
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To make faster or easier
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Heresy
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An opinion violently opposed to established beliefs
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Novel
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New; original
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Philanthropy
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Love of mankind
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Tentative
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Experimental; temporary
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Deference
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Submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
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Vacillate
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To be indecisive; to waver back and forth
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Fervor
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Passion
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Dispassionate
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Without passion
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Pragmatic
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Practical; down-to-earth
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Rigorous
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Strict; harsh; severe
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Solemn
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Serious; grave
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Alleviate
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To lesser; to relieve
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Negligence
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Carelessness
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