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80 Cards in this Set
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Augment
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to add to; to increase; to make bigger
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complacent
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smug; self-satisfied; pleased with oneself; contented to a fault
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guile
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cunning; duplicity
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squander
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to waste
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incessant
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unceasing; never-ending
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laudable; laud
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worthy of praise
to praise; to applaud; to extol; to celebrate |
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deter
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to prevent
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redundandt
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repetitive; unneccessary
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infamous
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shamefully wicked; having (and deserving) an extremely bad reputation
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provocative
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exciting; attracting attention
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depravity
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moral corruption
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gravity
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seriousness (second meaning)
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banal
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unoriginal; ordinary
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extol
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to praise
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euphony
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pleasant sound
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deride
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to ridicule, to laugh at contemptuously
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inspid
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dull; banal
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austere
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unadorned; s tern; forbidding; without much money
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expedite
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to make faster or easier
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hersey
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an opinion vioulently opposeod to established beliefs
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novel
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new; original
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philanthropy
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love of mankind; donating to charity
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tentative
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experimental; temporary; uncertain
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deference
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submission to another's will; respect, courtesy
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vacillate
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to be indecisive, to waver back and forth
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fervor
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passion, ardor, zeal
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dispassionate
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without passion; objective; neutral
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pragmatic
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practical; down to earth; based on experience rather than theory
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rigorous
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strict, harsh, severe
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solemn
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serious, grave
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alleviate
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to lessen, to relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely
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negligence
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carelessness
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conspicuous
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standing out, obvious
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advocate
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to speak in favor of, to support
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ascetic
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hermitlike, practicing self-denial
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profound
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deep, insightful
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ironic
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satiric, unexpected
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dogmatic
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arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas, arrogantly claiming that something (often a system of beliefs) is beyond dispute
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condone
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to overlook, to permit to happen
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dissent
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disagreement
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indifferent
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lacking a preference, neutral, not caring one way or the other, apathetic, mediocre
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apathy
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lack of emotion or interest, lack of feeling
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obscure
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1. unknown, hrad to understand, dark, unclear, clouded, partially hidden.
2. to hide, to darken, to conceal |
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impartial
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fair; not favoring one side or the other, unbiased, neutral
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objective
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without bias, impersonal, detatched
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revere
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to respect highly, to worship, to honor
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discriminate
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to notice or point out the difference between two or more things, to discern, to differentiate, to make a clear distingction
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denounce
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to speak out against, to condemn
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innovate
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to introduce something new
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relevant
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relating to the matter in hand, imortant, pertinent, germane
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candid
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outspoken, honest, frank
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discernment
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insight, ability to see things clearly
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disdain
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arrogant scorn, contempt
to regard as unworthy or beneath one's dignity or status, despise |
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abstract
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theoretical, lakcing in substance
summary of an idea or academic paper |
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temperate
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mild, moderate, restrained
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enigma
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a mystery
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inevitable
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unavoidable, boud to happen
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eccentric
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not conventional, a little kooky, irregular
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provincial
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limited in outlook to one's own small corner of the world, narrow
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futile
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useless, hopeless, without effect
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diverse
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varied, different
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benevolent
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kind, good-hearted, generous, doing good deeds
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pious
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reverent or devout, outwardly (sometimes falsely) reverent or devout, hypocritical
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conciliatory
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making peace, attempting to solve a dispute through goodwill
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resignation
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reluctant acceptance of a bad situation, passive acceptance of something
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resolute
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determined, firm, unwavering
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servile
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submissive and subservient, like a servant
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acute
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sharp, shrewd, acuity.
"an acute mind is a quick intilligent one, one of acuity" |
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reticent
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quiet, restrained, uncommunicative, reluctant to speak, especilally about oneself
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anarchy
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absence of government or control, lawlessness, disorder
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virulent
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extremely poisonous, malignant, full of hate
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scrutinize
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to examine closely
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discord
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disagreement
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repudiate
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to reject, to renounce, to deny, to have nothing to do with
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diligent
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hardworking
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superficial
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on the surface only, shollow, not thorough
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contempt
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reproachful disdain, scorn
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lucid,
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clear, easy to understand
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aesthetic
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having to do with artistic beauty, artistic
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prodigal
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extravagant; wasteful
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