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98 Cards in this Set
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plentitude
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abundance of
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precocious
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very gifted, maturing early
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petulant
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easily upset
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adroit
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cunning, dexterous
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perfunctory
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listless, hastily, without attention
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conundrum
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riddle, puzzle
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panegyric
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hymn of praise, eulogy
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elegy
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poem lamenting the dead
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peruse
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to read thoroughly
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appease
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to satisfy, to please
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pedestrian
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dull, commonplace
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placate
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to appease, to please
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prodigy
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a gifted child, anything great
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prodigious
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huge in size, great in size
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ponderous
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having great weight, unwieldy, boring
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pristine
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back to the original state
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proliferate
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to increase, grow rapidly
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condolence
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expression of sorrow
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demure
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reserved, quiet
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plethora
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an over-supply
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decry
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to belittle, to disparage
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parsimonious
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cheap, stingy
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platitude
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a commonplace remark
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lithe
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flexible, bending easily
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protract
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to extend
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postulate
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lay down as self-evident
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pulchritude
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beauty
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profuse
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abundant, an excess
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cursory
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hasty, not detailed, skimming reading
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crass
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brash and vulgar, inconsiderate
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partisan
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biased
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patronize
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assume air of superiority toward, condescend
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abstruse
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difficult to understand, obscure
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advocate
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a supporter of a cause
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nefarious
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wicked
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dossiade
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try to prevent something, persuade not to
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pariah
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a social outcast
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penitent
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sorrowful
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denounce
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to accuse, to condemn
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adversaries
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enemies
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frenetic
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frenzied
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prosaic
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dull, commonplace
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perspicacious
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acutely perceptive
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circumlocution
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speaking around the issues
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pugilist
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a fighter
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profligate
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a wasteful, immoral person
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punctilious
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a stickler for doing everything right, exact
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peremptory
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decisive
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burgeon
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to increase, to grow
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chimerical
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not real, imaginary
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palpable
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obvious, able to be touched
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preclude
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to prevent from happening
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pithy
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brief, not saying much
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venerable
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worthy of respect
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quagmire
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difficult situation
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compunction
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sorrow and guilt for something
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repacious
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exceedingly greedy
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revere
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to honor
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bane
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one who causes harm
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respite
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rest period
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circumspect
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cautious, wary
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castigate
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to rebuke severely
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chronic
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lasting a lone time, habitual
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ribald
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coarse, crude, offensive
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belie
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to misrepresent, to contradict
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moribund
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dying, decaying
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recant
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to take back
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rescind
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to take back
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recondite
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hidden, deep
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redolent
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smells odorous, fragrant
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staid
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quiet, passive
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redundant
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more than enough, excessive
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alacrity
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swiftness
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reserved
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calm, passive
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somber
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sad, depressed
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propensity
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an inclination, a tendency
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expedient
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practical, advantageous
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conciliate
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to win over from hostility
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rustic
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rural
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bucolic
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rustic, rural
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specious
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seemingly plausible argument that is invalid
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confer
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to grant, to give, to talk with
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superseded
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thrown over by something else
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salient
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important, noticeable
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saturnine
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gloomy
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squander
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to waste
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vigilant
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watchful, alert
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dissembler
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one who lies
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clemency
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mercy
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dormant
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sleeping, hidden
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svelte
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thin
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sloth
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laziness
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fledgling
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a beginner, a tyro
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savory
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something that is pleasant to taste
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idyllic
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charming, delightful
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shrewd
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wise and tricky
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seraphic
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angelic
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sanctuary
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a place for refuge
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