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94 Cards in this Set
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ACQUIESCE
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TO QUIETLY COMPLY
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ACRIMONY
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FULL OF ILL WILL, RANCOR
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ADAMANT
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STUBBORN, UNYIELDING
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ALTERCATION
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A HEATED FIGHT
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AMBIVALENT
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TO HAVE OPPOSING FEELINGS
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ADROIT
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SKILLFUL, DEXTEROUS, DEFT
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ARBITER
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FINAL AUTHORITY, ONE WHO DECIDES
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ARDENT
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ENTHUSIASTIC, PASSIONATE
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ARDUOUS
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HARD, DEMANDING
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ASPERSION
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AN INSULTING HIGHLY CRITICAL REMARK
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ASSIDUOUS
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DILIGENT, HARDWORKING
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AVERSE
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STRONG DISLIKE
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BASE
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VILE, CONTEMPTIBLE
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BOLSTER
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REINFORCE
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CAPITALIZE
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TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
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CAUSTIC
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BITING LIKE ACID, SARCASTIC
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CLANDESTINE
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CONCEALED
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CONCILIATORY
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FRIENDLY GESTURE OF GOODWILL
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CONVENTIONAL
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ORTHODOX OR COMMON
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COVET
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GREEDILY DESIRE
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CRAVEN
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COWARDLY
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DERIDE
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TO LAUGH AT CONTEMPTUOUSLY
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DESPOTIC
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ABSOLUTE POWER IN TYRANNY
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DIFFIDENT
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SELF DOUBTING, LACKING IN CONFIDENCE
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DISSENTER
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ONE IN OPPOSITION
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DIVULGE
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TO REVEAL, MAKE KNOWN
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DOGGED
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STUBBORN, DETERMINED
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DOUR
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CHEERLESS, GLOOMY
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EGREGIOUS
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CONSPICUOUSLY BAD,
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EMPHATIC
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FORCEFULLY ASSERT ONE'S OPINION
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EMULATE
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IMITATE
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ENERVATED
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LOSS OF STRENGTH
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EPHEMERAL
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SHORT-LIVED, FLEETING
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EQUANIMITY
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COMPOSURE, CALM
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EQUIVOCATE
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AVOID AN ISSUE, EVASIVE
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ESTRANGE
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ALIENATE
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EXACERBATE
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MAKE WORSE
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EXEMPLAR
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A MODEL
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EXHORT
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TO URGE, IMPLORE
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FORMIDABLE
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IMPOSING, MENACING
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FORTITUDE
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STRENGTH OF MIND TO OVERCOME ADVERSITY
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FRIVOLOUS
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SILLY
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GALVANIZE
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ENERGIZE
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GRANDILOQUENT
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HIGH SOUNDING, POMPOUS
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IMPREGNABLE
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INVULNERABLE,
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INCENSE
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MAKE VERY ANGRY
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INCESSANT
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CONTINUAL
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INCONTROVERTIBLE
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NO OPEN TO QUESTION
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INDELIBLE
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LASTING, CANNOT BE ERASED
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INDIGNANT
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ANGRY, INSULTED
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INEXORABLE
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UNSTOPPABLE, RELENTLESS
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IRREPRESSIBLE
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IMPOSSIBLE TO RESTRAIN
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JAUNT
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SHORT PLEASURE TRIP
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LEVITY
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LIGHTHEARTED FUN
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LITHE
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GRACEFUL
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LIVID
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FURIOUS, ENRAGED
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METTLE
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COURAGE, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT
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NONENTITY
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A NOBODY
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OBDURATE
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VERY STUBBORN
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OBSTINATE
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STUBBERN
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PLUCKY
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SPIRITED, BRAVE
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PORTEND
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FOREHSADOW
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PORTENTOUS
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FATEFUL, OMINOUS
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PRAGMATIC
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PRACTICAL, NOT IDEALISTIC
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PROMULGATE
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PUBLICLY PROCLAIM
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PRONOUNCEMENT
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AUTHORITATIVE DECLARATION
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PRUDENT
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SENSIBLE
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QUIXOTIC
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ROMANTIC BUT IMPRACTICAL
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QUANDARY
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DILEMMA, STATE OF PERPLEXITY
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REGAL
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ROYAL
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REPUDIATE
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REJECT, RENOUNCE
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RESOLVED
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MAKE UP ONE'S MIND, DETERMINED
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RESOURCEFUL
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INNOVATIVE
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RESPITE
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BREAK, PAUSE
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RETRIBUTION
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PUNISHMENT, RETALIATION
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SCINTILLATING
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SPARKLING
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SHREWD
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CRAFTY, CUNNING
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SPAT
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SMALL PETTY QUARREL
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STAID
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SERIOUS
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STARK
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PLAIN
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STRATAGEM
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MANEUVER
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STOUTHEARTED
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BRAVE
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SUBLIME
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LOFTY, MAJESTIC
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SURFEIT
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SURPLUS
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TENACIOUS
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PERSISTENT, STUBBORN
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THESPIAN
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ACTOR/RESS
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UNFETTERED
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FREED
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UNFLAGGIN
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TIRELESS, NEVER FATIGUING
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UNNERVE
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UPSET, SHAKEN
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UPBRAID
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SCOLD, REPROACH
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VACILLATE
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WAVER, HESITATE
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VALIANT
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TO EXHIBIT BRAVERY
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VALOR
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BRAVERY
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VEHEMENT
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VIGOROUS, INTENSE
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