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35 Cards in this Set
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apathy
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lack of emotion or interest
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discernment
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insight;ability to see things clearly
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abstract
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theoretical; lacking substance (opposite of concrete)
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temperate
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moderate; restrained
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enigma
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mystery
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provincial
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limited in outlook to one's own small corner of the world; narrow
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resignation
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reluctant acceptance of a bad situation (secondary meaning)
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reticent
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restrained; uncommunicative
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virulent
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extremely poisonous; malignant; full of hate
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discord
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disagreement (the opposite of concord)
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repudiate
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to reject; to deny
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prodigal
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extravagant; wasteful
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complacent
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smug; self-satisfied; pleased with oneself; contented to a fault
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guile
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cunning; duplicity
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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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deride
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to ridicule; to laugh at contemptuously
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insipid
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dull; banal
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austere
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unadorned; stern; forbidding; without much money
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expedite
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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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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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dogmatic
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arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas; arrogantly claiming that something (often a system of beliefs) is beyond dispute
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volition
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will; conscious choice
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didactic
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instructive; intended to instruct
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disparate
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different; incompatible
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disparage
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to belittle; to say uncomplimentary things about, usually in a somewhat indirect way
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prosaic
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dull; unimaginative; like prose
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expedient
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providing an immediate advantage; serving one's immediate self-interest
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fastidious
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meticulous; demanding
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languish
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to become weak, listless, or depressed
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censure
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to condemn severely for doing something bad
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mitigate
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to lessen the severity of something
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engender
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to create; to produce
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