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35 Cards in this Set
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relegate
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to banish; to send away
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solicit
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to ask for; to seek
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reproach
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to scold
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indolence
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laziness
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congenial
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agreeably suitable; pleasant
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preclude
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to prevent; to make impossible; to shut out
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efface
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to erase; to rub away to features of
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taciturn
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untalkative by nature
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ameliorate
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to make better or more tolerable
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acquiesce
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to give in; to agree
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atrophy
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to waste away from lack of use
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flagrant
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shocking; outstandingly bad
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immutable
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unchangeable; permanent
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static
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stationary; not changing or moving
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credulous
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believing; gullible
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levity
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lightness; frivolity; unseriousness
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ambivalent
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undecided; blowing hot and cold
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innate
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existing since birth; inborn; inherent
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sycophant
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one who sucks up to others
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esoteric
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hard to understand; understood by only a select few; peculiar
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extraneous
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irrelevant; extra; unnecessary; unimportant
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caustic
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like acid; corrosive
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inadvertent
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lax; careless; without intention
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digress
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to go off the subject
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sage
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wise; possessing wisdom derived from experience or learning
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scrupulous
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strict; careful; hesitant for ethical reasons
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respite
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a rest; a period of relief
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stoic
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indifferent (at least outwardly) to pleasure or pain, to joy or grief, to fortune or misfortune
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peripheral
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unimportant
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apocryphal
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of doubtful origin; false
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virtuoso
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masterful musician; a masterful practitioner in some other field
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animosity
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resentment; hostility; ill will
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amity
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friendship
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stringent
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strict; restrictive
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auspicious
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favorable; promising; pointing to a good result
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