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101 Cards in this Set
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enigma
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mystery
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ecentric
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not conventional
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provincial
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limited in outlook to one's own small corner of the world
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futile
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hopeless
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pious
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outwardly
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conciliatory
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making peace
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resignation
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reluctant acceptance of a bad situation
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resolute
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determined
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servile
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submissive
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reticent
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restrained
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virulent
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poisonous
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discord
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disagreement
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repudiate
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to reject
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prodigal
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wasteful
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augment
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to add to
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complacent
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smug
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guile
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cunning
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squander
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to waste
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incessant
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unceasing
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laudable
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worthy of praise
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deter
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to prevent
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banal
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unoriginal
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deride
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to ridicule
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insipid
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dull
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austere
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stern
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heresy
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an opinion violently opposed to established beliefs
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vacellate
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to be indecisive
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fervor
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passion
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prgmatic
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practical
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ascetic
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hermitlike
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volition
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will
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didactic
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instructive
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disparate
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different
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disparage
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to belittle
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ephemearl
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short-lived
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prosaic
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dull
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expedient
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providing an immediate advantage
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belligerent
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combative
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mitigate
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to lessen the severity of something
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relegate
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to banish
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scanty
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minimal
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indolence
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laziness
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congenial
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pleasant
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preclude
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to prevent
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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
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atrophy
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to waste away from lack of use
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dubious
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doubtful
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flagrant
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shocking
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coalesce
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to come together as one
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cryptic
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mysterious
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innate
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existing since birth
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sycophant
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one who sucks up to others
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amiable
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friendly
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esoteric
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hard to understand
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caustic
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like acid
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incongruous
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not consistent
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unprecedented
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happening for the first time
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digress
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to go off the subject
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sage
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wise
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predecessor
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someone or something taht came before another
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scrupulous
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strict
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respite
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a rest
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stoic
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indifferent to pleasure or pain
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volatile
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quick to evaporate
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peripheral
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unimportant
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hedonistic
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pleasure-seeking
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idiom
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a peculiar expression
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brevity
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bridfness
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apocryphal
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of doubtful origin
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virtuoso
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masterful musician
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stringent
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strict
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auspicious
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favorable
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fickle
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whimsical
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heckneyed
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overused
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amass
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to accumulate
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bastion
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stronghold
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trepidation
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fear
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fortuitous
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accidental
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vehement
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urgetn
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torpor
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sluggishness
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furtive
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secretive
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innocuous
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harmless
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paucity
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scarcity
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rescind
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to repeal
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meander
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to wander slowly
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brawn
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bulk
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contite
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deeply apologetic
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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
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diffident
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timid
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drone
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to talk on and on in a dull way
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marred
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damaged
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parsimony
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stinginess
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dearth
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a lack of
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enthrall
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to thrill
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heed
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to listen to
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irascible
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irritable
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nostalgia
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a sentimental longing for the past
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saccharine
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sweet
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