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74 Cards in this Set
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Buttress
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support
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Ascertain
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find out
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Refute
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prove wrong
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Absolve
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forgive
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Paltry
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small
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Augmented
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increased
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Judicious
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wise; just
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Penurious
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poor
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Pellucid
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transparently clear
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Rancid
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stale
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Stagnant
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not moving
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Atrophied
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wasted away, withered
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Sublime
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magnificently inspiring
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Trite
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unoriginal
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Vacuous
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meaningless
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Succinct
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short and to the point
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Laconic
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using few words
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Voluble
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talking a lot
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Diminution
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decrease
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Proliferation
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growing and multiplying
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Obliteration
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wiping out
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Paucity
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shortage
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Hidebound
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rigid
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Antagonism
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hostility
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Reactionary
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ultraconservative
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Anecdotes
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stories
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Orator
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good speaker
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Raconteur
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teller of stories
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Curmudgeon
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grumpy person
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Foolhardy
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reckless
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Temerity
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excessive nerve/daring
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Trepidation
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fear and hesitation
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Condescension
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arrogance
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Cerebral
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concerned w/thinking
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Heretical
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opposed to orthodoxy
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Iconoclatic
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unorthodox
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Capricious
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whimsical, fickle
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Dubious
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questionable/suspect as to true nature/quality
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Approbation
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approval
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Disdain
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contempt
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Trudges
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walks as though tired
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Meanders
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wanders
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Ambles
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walks aimlessly
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Garrulous
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talkative
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Equivocal
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ambigous
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Taciturn
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disinclined to talk
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Gregarious
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sociable
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Meager
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small
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Eschew
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shun; avoid
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Ambivalent
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ambiguous
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Fettered
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restricted/bound
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Enthralled
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fascinated
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Pinioned
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tied down
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Encumbered
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burdened
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Erratically
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not constantly
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Mitigate
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to make less severe/painful
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Phlegmatic
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calm, imperturbable
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Tractable
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easily lead; docile
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Stoic
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having fortitude
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Eradicted
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wiped out
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Unanimity
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consensus, agreement
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Aspirations
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hopes
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Thwarted
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prevented
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Stifled
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suppressed
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Inculcate
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instill
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Esoteric
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obscure
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Germane
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relevant
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Abstruse
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difficult to comprehend
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Apt
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suitable
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Ambience
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atmosphere, environment
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Salubrious
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favorable to health/well being
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Grandiose
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on a grand scale
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Palpably
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obviously
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Brusquely
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impatiently
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