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36 Cards in this Set
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brief, to the point
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terse
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wordy
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verbose
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to come together, unite
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coalesce
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stae of inactivity
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doldrums
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highly exciting
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incendiary
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motionless, idle
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inert
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harmless
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innocuous
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changeable
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mutable
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to make better, improve
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ameliorate
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to pardon or excuse
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condone
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to see, to reason
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discern
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to strive to equal
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emulate
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to praise highly
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extol
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to show off, display proudly
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flaunt
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to pay attention to
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heed
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to hinder
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preclude
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to honor, worship
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revere
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to authorize
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sanction
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to moderate or adjust
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temper
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to admire
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venerate
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hard to decipher
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cryptic
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division into to groups at odds with one another
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dichotomy
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lacking self confidence
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diffident
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to censor for questionable material
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expurgate
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fitting and appropriate
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germane
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absolute
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incontrovertible
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not movable by any means
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inexorable
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internal
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intrinsic
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of the material world
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mundane
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subtle undertone of meaning
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nuance
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to become part of something else
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pervade
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on the surface
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superficial
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winding, twisted
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tortuous
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to cut short
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truncate
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to waver among choices
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vacillate
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felt or experienced through another person
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vicarious
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