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20 Cards in this Set
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Seminal
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Relating to the beginning or seeds of something
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Obsequious
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Overly submissive, fawning, brownosing
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Wry
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AMusing, ironic
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Sophist
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Person good at arguing deviously
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Amorphous
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Having no definite form
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Heinous
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Shocking, wicked, terrible
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Fractious
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Unruly, rebellious
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Mercenary
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Soldier for hire in foreign countries, or motivated only by greed
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Fecund
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Fertile, fruitful, productive
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Brusque
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Describing a rudely abrupt manner
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Strident
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Loud, harsh, unpleasantly noisy
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Sanction
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Permission, support, law, penalty
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Anachronism
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Something chronoloigcally inappropriate
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Absolve
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To forgive, free from blame
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Iconocloast
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One who attacks traditional beliefes
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Expedient
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Convenient, efficent, practical
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Probity
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Honesty, high-mindedness
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Raze
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To tear down, demolish
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Imperious
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Arrogantly self-assured, domineering, overbearing
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Puerile
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Childish, immature, silly
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