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97 Cards in this Set
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Ambivalent
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undecided; having 'mixed' feelings
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Apathy
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lack of energy or interest
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Autonomy
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self-government
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Benevolent
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kindly
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Blanched
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turned pale
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Bolster
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give support to
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Bucolic
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concerned with the countryside and farming
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Callous
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cruel and unfeeling
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Cantankerous
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bad tempered
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Capricious
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changeable; fickle
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Chicanery
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trickery; attempt to deceive
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Churlish
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ill-mannered
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Cohesive
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forming a whole; 'sticking' together
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Concur
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agree
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Cryptic
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hidden; obscure
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Decimation
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extensive destruction
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Deft
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skilful
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Delinquency
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wrong-doing
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Depravity
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moral corruption
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Desolate
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lonely; devoid of life; feeling very sad and hopeless
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Devoid of
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empty of
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Didactic
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intending to teach or give instructions
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Disingenuous
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crafty
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Dispassionate
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unbiased
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Disposition
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tendency; personality
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Dissent
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disagreement
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Effusive
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overly expressive of emotions; 'gushing'
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Endorse
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support
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Enigma
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puzzle
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Enumerate
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count out; list
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Ephemeral
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short-lived
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Erroneous
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wrong
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Erudition
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great knowledge or learning
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Esoteric
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obscure
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Fabrication
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something made up; untrue
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Facetious
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cheeky; not to be taken seriously
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Factions
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sides in a dispute; groups with common interests
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Flotsam
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floating rubbish
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Fostered
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encouraged
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Hackneyed
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stale and over-used
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Harbored
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held [as in 'harbored and idea']
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Hodgepodge
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strange mixture
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Hypothetical
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not proven; based on guesswork
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Impetuous
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impulsive
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Implacable
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cannot be appeased; relentless
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Impugned
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challenged; attacked in words
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Incorrigible
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cannot be corrected (of behavior)
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Indigenous
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native to a particular place
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Ineffable
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cannot be expressed in words
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Irascible
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easily angered
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Ironic
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unexpected
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Lament
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express regret
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Languid
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having no energy or interest
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Lassitude
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lack of energy
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Lugubrious
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mournful; very sad
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Mercurial
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rapidly changing
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Misnomer
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wrong name for something
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Mollified
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calmed; pacified
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Multifaceted
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having many aspects
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Mundane
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dull; ordinary
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Nostalgic
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longing for the past
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Obtrusive
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easily seen; 'sticking out'
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Omnipotent
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all powerful
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Pedagogy
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science of teaching
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Phlegmatic
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calm
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Plausible
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believable
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Precursor
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fore-runner; earlier version
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Preeminence
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fame; top position
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Pretentious
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putting on an act
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Prognosis
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outlook
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Prolific
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producing a lot
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Provocative
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provoking
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Raiment
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clothes; garments
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Reciprocate
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pay back
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Reconcile
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bring disputing side together again
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Remiss
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wrong
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Remonstrance
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criticism
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Resilient
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able to spring back; strong
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Retrenchment
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reducing staff or forces; conserving resources
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Robust
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firm and strong
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Skeptical
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doubtful
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Skewed
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distorted; bent
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Stringent
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strict
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Subtle
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not obvious
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Succinct
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clear, short and well-expressed
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Sundry
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miscellaneous
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Sustenance
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support; food
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Tenable
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can be held (of an opinion, for example)
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Tenuous
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shaky; not firm
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Torrid
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hot and steamy
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Undermine
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attempt to overthrow; weaken
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Underscore
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emphasize
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Unequivocal
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clear; cannot be misunderstood
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Vector
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carrier (of disease, for example)
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Verbose
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wordy
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Whimsical
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fickle; changeable
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Wistful
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full of sadness and longing
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