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95 Cards in this Set
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articulation
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joining/ speaking clearly
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compendious
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containing a lot in a small space/few words
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convival
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sociable
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debacles
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disaster un bar
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floridity
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1. floweriness in language, 2. redness
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Conflagration
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big fire
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Dalliance
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non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something
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Deleterious
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harmful
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Equitable
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fair equal
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holistic
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whole
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futility
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uselessness
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infelicity
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unappropriate/ unsuitable
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judicious
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fair/ wise
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polarized
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divided into 2 extremes
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propensity
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tendency
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sedulous
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eager/ thorough
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temporize
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put off
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Treacly
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Too sweet/ overly sentimental
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Vindication
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proving right
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Corollary
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consequence/ inference
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Debunkers
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throw out old ideas
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Effacement
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wiping out
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Opportunism
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grabbin opportunities
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Slipshod
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careless
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Subversive
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intending to overthrow
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Tenacious
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holding firm to ideals
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belabor
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over emphasis
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circumvent
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avoid
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condone
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tolerate
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congenial
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friendly
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furtiveness
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secretive
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indictment
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charged with a crime
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libel
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written slander
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Perquisites
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perks
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Repertory
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STOCK
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Tribulations
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TROUBLES
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Venality
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corruption
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Aberration
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abnormal
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Affability
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friendliness
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Augmenting
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increase in size or number
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Belied
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contradicted
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Motley
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varied
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preclude
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prevent
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Purportedly
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apparently claiming
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Derelict
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rundown abandoned
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Infusion
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influx (inflow)
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Mitigator
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moderator
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miffed
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annoyed
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Salvageable
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can be saved
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Scouring
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clean/ search
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Irresolute
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lacking firmness of purpose
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insolvent
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bankrupt
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Officious
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inferring
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Punctilious
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meticuluous
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Scuttled
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sunk
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Extirpation
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destruction
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Hilarity
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great laughter
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Ineptitude
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lack of ability
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Prospectus
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brocheur
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Stipulated
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insisted
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Remuneration
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payment for works done
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Hangar
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storage area like a garage
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Abrogate
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cancel, deny, repeal
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Ensconce
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establish firmly in a position
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Abstemious
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abstaining
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Blithe
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freespirited, carfree
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Crepuscular
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active at dawn and dusk
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Blunderbuss
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clumsy person
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Envenom
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cause bitterness bad feeling
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Plumage
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feathers of a bird
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Lampoon
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ridicule
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Tentative
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not certain
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Tenacious
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stubborn resolute
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Epistle
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letter (form of ocmmunication)
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Heresy
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against orthodox
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Epistolary
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concerning with letter
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Resplendent
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glowing, shinig
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hiatus
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pause
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Polemical
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causing debate/ argument
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Largess
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generosity
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Pontificate
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speak proud or dogmatically
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Obviate
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avoid
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Defoliate
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make leaves fall off
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Rife
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common
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Posthumous
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after death
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Totter
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walk unsteadily
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Levity
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flippiant
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Delineation
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explanation
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Exegesis
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scholarly explanation
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Salubrious
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health giving
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Desist
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cease, stop
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Turpitude
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depravity
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Expatriate
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refugee
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Machinations
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plans
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Unalloyed
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total
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