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78 Cards in this Set
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belie
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misrepresent
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ascetic
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live a life of no indulgence
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surreptitious
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sneaky
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prudent
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cautious
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reverent
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showing respect
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remuneeeration
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payment for services
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ubiquitous
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everywhere at once
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disparate
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dissimilar
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munificent
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very generous
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spurious
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fake,counterfeit
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deference
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respect
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repudiate
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to cast of publicly
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sagacity
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wisdom
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extol
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praise
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idiosyncratic
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behavior characteristic of a group of people
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saccharine
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overly sentimental
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ingenuous
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very straightforward frank
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viscous
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resistant to flow
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insolvent
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bankrupt
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demagogue
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leader who gains support through appeal to emotion
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hedonist
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person concerned with seeking pleasures
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esoteric
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meant only to be understood by particular group
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penurious
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not wasteful
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pragmatic
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dealing with the facts
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obsequious
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servile compliance
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phlegmatic
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unemotional
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surfeit
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excessive amount
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discern
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to recongnize
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pugnacious
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combative in nature
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egregious
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flagrant
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flag
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to decline in strength
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ineffable
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unexplainable
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venerate
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regard with respect
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enmity
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mutual hatred
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abash
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to make ashamed
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craven
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to cower in fear
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pious
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devout belief in god
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avarice
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extreme greed
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piquant
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pleasantly spicy
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mitigate
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to lessen the force
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abate
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reduce the amount
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eclectic
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made from various sources
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assiduous
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persistant
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venerable
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commanding respect due to age and wisdom
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austere
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strict discipline
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regale
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to provide great entertainment
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inefficacious
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ineffective
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grandiose
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characterized by greatness of scope or intent
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onerous
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burdensome
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querulous
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given to complaining
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languid
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lacking energy or vitality
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arcane
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understood by few
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circumlocution
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the use of unnecessary wordy and indirect language
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lithe
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readily bent
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ephemeral
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lasting for a markedly brief time
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cajole
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to urge with gentle appeals
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sanctimonious
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excessivy pious
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sully
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to mar the cleanness or luster of
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dissemble
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to disguise or conceal behing false appearance
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transient
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passing with time
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tremulous
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marked by trembling
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apathy
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lack of interest or concern
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pariah
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social outcast
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pallid
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having an abnormally pale or wan complexion
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alacrity
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cheerful willingness
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malinger
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to fake illness
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fetter
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to restrict the freedom
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corroborate
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to strengthen or support with other evidence
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lucid
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easily understood
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byzantine
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characterized by intrigue
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palliate
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to make less severe or intense
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usurp
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to seize and hold
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goad
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to prod
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perfunctory
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done routinely
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cloying
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to cause disgust by providing too much of something
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perfidious
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treacherous
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disseminate
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to spread abroad
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mendicant
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depending on alms for living; begging
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