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69 Cards in this Set
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incorrigible
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incapable of being reformed
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obviate
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make unnecessary
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replete
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completely fill
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relegate
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to banish
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solicitous
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eager and attentive
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specious
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deceptively attractive
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vindictive
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seeking revenge
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vociferous
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loud
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conspicuous
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easily seen
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diatribe
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a bitter, abusive denunciation
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flagrant
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scandalous
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indolent
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lazy
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ineffable
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incapable of being expressed
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inept
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clumsy
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maudlin
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silly
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maveric
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a rebel
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obscure
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hard to understand
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perfidy
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treachery
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poignant
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painfully emotional
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ruminate
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to ponder
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ratify
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to confirm
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tacit
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implied
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arcane
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mysterious
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avow
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to claim
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bereaved
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deprived
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confluence
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flowing together
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congeal
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to jell/to solidify
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disaffect
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losing affection
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exhort
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to urge strongly
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forbear
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to refrain from
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guile
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cunning
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innocuous
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harmless
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inert
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inactive
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inexorable
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inevitable
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mediate
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settle differences
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obsequious
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sucking up to
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pernicious
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deadly
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philistine
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ignorent person with no interest for intellectual or artistic matters
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reactionary
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ultraconservative
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recalcitrant
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disobedient
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tantamount
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equivalent to
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arrant
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utter
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banal
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ordinary
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baleful
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threatening
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commiserate
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express sorrow
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complacent
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self satisfied
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competent
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capable
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contrite
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admitting guilt
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disconcert
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to upset
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discrepency
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difference
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dismay
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fill with dread
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exonerate
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free from blame
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extol
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to highly praise
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extricate
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free from difficulty
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fortuitous
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accidental
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founder
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to fail
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gambit
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a ploy
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ingenuous
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frank
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inordinate
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excessive
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inherent
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part of the essential nature of something
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inviolate
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free from injury
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mellifluouos
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sweetly flowing
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mendacious
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lying
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nuancec
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a subtle difference
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postulate
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something accepted as true without proof
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precedent
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an earlier example of
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rapacious
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greedy
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refractory
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hard to manage
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transient
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temporary
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