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42 Cards in this Set
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Quiescent
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being at rest, quiet, still
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Reticent
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reserved, disposed to be silent
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Accolade
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any award or honor
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Adulate
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to praise too greatly, to fawn
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Exalt
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to praise or glorify
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Extol
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to praise highly, to laud
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Laud
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to praise; extol
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Panegyrize
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to praise a person in a formal speech or in writing
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Surfeit
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An oversupply
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Abstemious
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holding back from eating or drinking too much
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Alimentary
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relating to food and nourishment
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Epicurean
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having to do with relishing the pleasure of eating and drinking
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Chary
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cautious, wary
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Circumspect
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Careful and cautious before acting
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Exacting
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requiring a great deal of care or effort; painstaking
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Wary
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cautious, careful
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Ephemeral
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lasting a short time; fleeting
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Evanescent
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vanishing quickly, fleeting
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Itinerant
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wandering about; tending to move around, travel
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Peripatetic
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Moving or walking about; itinerant
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Transient
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lasting for only a short time; temporary
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Transitory
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fleeting
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Volatile
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explosive, or changing very quickly
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Antediluvian
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very, very old; antiquated
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Antiquity
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ancient times
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Archaic
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old; from a much earlier time
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Novel
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new
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Clandestine
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hidden, secret, concealed
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Furtive
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Sneaky
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Ascetic
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a person who refrains from earthly pleasures
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Charlatan
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a fraud, a quack or impostor
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Virtuoso
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a highly skilled performer, usually a musical performer
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Extraneous
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not necessary; not relevant
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Incidental
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less important; minor
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Peripheral
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only marginally connected to what is truly important
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Trifling
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lacking significance; unimportant
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Acute
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keen-minded; astute
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astute
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sharp-minded, very clever
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incisive
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decisive, keen and directly to the point
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perspicacious
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using wise judgment; sharp-minded
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prudent
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careful, cautious, and wise
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Sagacious
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wise
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