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29 Cards in this Set
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fickle
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capricious; whimsical; unpredictable
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hackneyed
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banal; overused; trite (a cliche is a hackneyed expression)
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bastion
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stronghold; fortress; fortified place
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fortuitous
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accidental; occurring by chance
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trepidation
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fear; apprehension; nervous trembling
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vehement
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urgent; passionate
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assuage
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to soothe; to pacify; to ease the pain of; to relieve
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prodigious
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extraordinary; enormous
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torpor
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sluggishness; inactivity; apathy
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supercilious
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haughty; patronizing
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innocuous
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harmless; banal
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ambiguous
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unclear in meaning; confusing; capable of being interpreted in at least two similarly plausible ways
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paucity
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scarcity
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rescind
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to repeal; to take back formally
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zealous
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fervent; enthusiastically devoted to something
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authoritarian
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like a dictator
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contrite
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deeply apologetic; remorseful
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facilitate
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to make easier
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recalcitrant
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stubbornly defiant of authority or control
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ambulatory
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able to walk; walking
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diffident
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timid; lacking in self-confidence
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parsimony
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stinginess
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propriety
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properness; good manners
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tenacious
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tough; hard to defeat
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blithe
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carefree; cheerful
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dearth
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a lack of; scarcity
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enthrall
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to thrill
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irascible
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irritable
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saccharine
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sweet; excessively or disgustingly sweet
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