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53 Cards in this Set
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AMBIVALENT
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Contradictory, having mixed feelings
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ANOMALY
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Deviation from the norm, something that is ATYPICAL
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SARCASTIC, SARDONIC, SNIDE
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Mocking, derisive, tauting, and stinging
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DEARTH, PAUCITY
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A scarcity or shortage of something
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PRATTLE
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To speak in a foolish manner, to babble incessantly
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WRY
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Dry, humorous with a clever twist and a touch of irony; DROLL
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UNCONVENTIONAL, UNORTHODOX
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Not ordinary or typical; characterized by avoiding customary conventions and behaviors
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PAINSTAKING, METICULOUS
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Extremely careful, very EXACTING
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AUDACIOUS
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Fearlessly, often recklessly daring; very bold
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INDIFFERENT, APATHETIC
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Marked by a lack of interest or concern
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DIFFIDENT
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Lacking self-confidence; self-effacing; NOT assertive
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PRAGMATIC
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Practical, sensible; NOT idealistic or romantic
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EVOCATION
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An imaginative re-creation
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PRESUMPTUOUS
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Overbearing; impertinently bold; characterized by brashly overstepping one's place
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RECALCITRANT
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Stubborn resistance to and defiance of authority or guidance; OBSTINATE; OBDURATE
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BOON
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A timely benefit; blessing
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BANE
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A source of harm and ruin
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CLANDESTINE, SURREPTITIOUS
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Secret; covert; not open; not ABOVEBOARD
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AFFABLE, AMIABLE, GENIAL, GREGARIOUS
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All mean agreeable; marked by a pleasing personality; warm and friendly
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AUSTERE
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Having no adornment or ornamentation, bare; not ORNATE
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AUSTERITY
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The trait of great self-denial; economy
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ALTRUISTIC
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Unselfish concern for the welfare of others
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AMBIGUOUS
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Unclear, uncertain; open to more than one interpretation; not definitive
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UPBRAID, REPROACH, CASTIGATE
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To express disapproval; scold; rebuke; CENSURE
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NOSTALGIA
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A sentimental longing for the past
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CONJECTURE
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An inference based upon guesswork; a SUPPOSITION
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OBSOLETE, ARCHAIC, ANTIQUATED
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No longer in use; outmoded in design or style
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AUSPICIOUS, PROPITIOUS
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Very favorable
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MOROSE
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Very depressed, DESPONDENT, mournful
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IMPASSE
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A deadlock; stalemate; failure to reach an agreement
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ANACHRONISM
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The false assignment of an event, person, scene or language to a time when the event, person, scene, or word did not exist
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BELIE
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To give a false impression; to contradict
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MITIGATE, MOLLIFY, ASSUAGE, ALLEVIATE
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All mean to relieve; to lessen; to ease
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COVET
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To strongly desire; to crave
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ANTITHESIS, ANTITHETICAL
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Direct opposite; the complete reverse; ANTIPODE
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PROTOTYPE
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An original model
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ALOOF
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Detached; distant physically or emotionally; reserved; standing near but apart
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TRITE, HACKNEYED, BANAL, PLATITUDINOUS, INSIPID
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All mean unoriginal; commonplace; overused; CLICHÉD
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ANTEDECENT
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A preceding event; a FORERUNNER; a PRECURSOR
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PLAUSIBLE
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Believable; credible
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IMPLAUSIBLE
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Unbelievable; incredible
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PRUDENT
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Careful; cautious; sensible
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AESTHETIC
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Relating to what is beautiful; an appreciation of what is beautiful or attractive
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PARADOX
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A seemingly contradictory statement that nonetheless expresses a truth
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ENIGMATIC, INSCRUTABLE
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Mysterious; puzzling; unfathomable; baffling
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ACQUIESCE
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To comply, agree, give in
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NAIVE, GULLIBLE
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Unaffected simplicity; lacking worldly expertise; overly CREDULOUS; unsophisticated
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AUTONOMOUS
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Independent; not controlled by others
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FUTILE
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Completely useless; doomed to failure
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INDIGENOUS, ENDEMIC
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Both mean native to an area
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UBIQUITOUS, PREVALENT
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Characterized by being everywhere; omnipresent; widespread; PERVASIVE
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PANDEMIC
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An epidemic that is geographically widespread and affects a large proportion of the population
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FORTITUDE
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Strength of mind that allows one to endure pain or adversity with courage
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