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100 Cards in this Set
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acquiesce
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to give in; to agree
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aesthetic
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having to do with art or beauty
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ambiguous
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unclear in meaning
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ambivalent
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undecided
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ameliorate
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to make better; to improve
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amity
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friendship
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apathy
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lack of emotion
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ascetic
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without luxuries
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assuage
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to soothe
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astute
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perceptive; intelligent
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atrophy
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to waste away from lack of use
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auspicious
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favorable; looking up
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augment
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to add to; to increase; to make bigger
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austere
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severe; without frills
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banal
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common; dull; ordinary
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bastion
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stronghold; fortress
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belligerent
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argument; combative
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benevolent
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kind; good-hearted; generous
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blithe
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free-spirited
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brevity
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briefness
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caustic
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burning, uncomplimentary
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censure
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to blame; to criticize
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coalesce
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to come together; to merge; to join
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complacent
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smug, self-satisfied
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conciliate
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to soothe; to end a dispute; to reconcile
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condone
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to forgive
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contrite
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deeply apologetic
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credulous
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believing, gullible
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cryptic
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mysterious; puzzling, enigmatic
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dearth
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a lack
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deference
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a show of respect
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denounce
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to speak out against
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deride
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to ridicule; to make fun of
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desecrate
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to profane a holy place
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deter
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to prevent; to stop; to keep from doing something
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didactic
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instructive; intended to instruct
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diffidence
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shyness
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diligent
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hard-working
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disparage
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to speak badly of
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disparity
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inequality
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dogmatic
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stubbornly opinionated
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drone
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to talk on and on
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efface
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to erase; to wipe out
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eloquent
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fluent and graceful in speech
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emulate
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to copy something admired; to imitate
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engender
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to create; to produce
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enigma
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mystery
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ephemeral
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short-lived; fleeting; not lasting
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esoteric
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understood only by a select flow
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euphony
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pleasant sound
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extol
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to praise
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fallacious
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FALSE
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fastidious
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finicky; overly critical
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fervor
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passion
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fortuitous
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accidental; happening by chance
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futile
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hopeless
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guile
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cunning; deceitfulness
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hedonistic
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pleasure-seeking; indulgent
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heresy
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an opinion violently opposed to established belief
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idiom
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a peculiar, untranslatable expression
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immutable
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unchanging; permanent
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indifferent
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not caring one way or the other
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infamous
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famous in a bad way; famous for being bad
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innate
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inborn; inherited
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innocuous
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harmless
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irascible
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irritable
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insipid
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bland; boring; stupid
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languid
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slow; tired
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laud
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to praise
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lax
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careless; not diligent; relaxed
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lethargic
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tired; languid
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levity
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flippancy; humor
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lucid
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clear; easy to understand
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meander
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to wander slowly
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mitigate
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to lessen the severity of something
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obscure
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unclear; clouded; partially hidden; hard to understand
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parsimony
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stinginess
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paucity
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scarcity; lack
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pedestrian
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common; ordinary
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philanthropy
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love of humankind; donation to charity
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pragmatic
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practical
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prosaic
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uninspired; dull; banal
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provincial
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narrow-minded; unsophisticated
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redundant
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repetitive; extra; unnecessary
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relegate
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to dismiss to a lower position
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reprehensible
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shameful; bad
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repudiate
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to reject; to deny
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respite
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a rest; a pause; a break
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reticent
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restrained; uncommunicative
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revere
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to worship; to honor
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saccharin
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sickly sweet; falsely sweet
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scrupulous
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careful; diligent; moral
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servile
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overly submissive
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supercilious
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haughty; arrogant
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sycophant
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a servile, self seeking flatterer
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taciturn
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quiet; saying little
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tenacious
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tough; hard to defeat
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torpid
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sluggish; lethargic
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vacillate
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to waver between choices
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verbose
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wordy; overly talkative
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