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32 Cards in this Set
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BANAL
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DULL OR STALE BECAUSE OF OVERUSE: PREDICTABLE
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AFFABLE
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EAST TO TALK TO: APPROACHABLE
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UNPRECEDENTED
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NOVEL; UNPARALLELED
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UNOBTRUSIVE
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INCONSPICUOUS
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TRIVIAL
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UNIMPORTANT;ORDINARY
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ADVERSITY
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GREAT TROUBLE OR DIFFICULTY
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VIRTUOSO
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A HIGHLY SKILLED PERFORMER, USUALLY A MUSICAL PREFORMER
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VOLATILE
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EXPLOSIVE OR CHANGING VERY QUICKLY
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SHREWD
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INSIGHTFUL;CLEVER
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VORACIOUS
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GREEDY
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BANEFUL
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CAUSING RUIN;HARMFUL;PERNICIOUS
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BARATE
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TO REBUKE OR SCOLD HARSHLY
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PROXIMITY
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NEARNESS
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ANIMOSITY
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HATRED
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COMPLIANT
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YIELDING; SUBMISSIVE
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ALLAY
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TO CALM
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ALOOF
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UNINTERESTED;NO CONCERN
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INDOLENT
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LAZY
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ADAMENT
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UNWILLING TO BEND
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ARDENT
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FULL OF PASSION AND EMOTION
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BREVITY
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BRIEFNESS; CONCISE IN SPEECH
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ILLUSION
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SOMETHING UNREAL
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PONDEROUS
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VERY HEAVY OR BULKY; DULL OR LIFELESS
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VOCIFEROUS
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SHRILL; HIGH PITCHED
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SURFIET
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AN OVERSUPPLY; ABUNDANCE
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WARY
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CAUTIOUS; CAREFUL
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ARROGANT
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OVERBEARING, PROUD, HAUGHTY
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ALTRUISTIC
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SHOWING UNSELFISH CONCERN TO OTHERS
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GRATIFY
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TO PLEASE
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VENERATE
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TO FEEL OR SHOW DEEP RESPECT
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AUSTERE
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HAVING A GREAT ECONOMY
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CIRCUMLOCUTION
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SPEAKING IN CIRCLES
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