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40 Cards in this Set
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AMELIORATE
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TO IMPROVE
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BREACH
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TO BREAK; MAKE AN OPENING IN
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CANDID
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OPEN; HONEST; FRANK
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DISCOURSE
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CONVERSATION; FORMAL AND EXTENDED EXPOSITION OF A THOUGHT ON A GIVEN SUBJECT
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FALLACIOUS
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FALSE; MISLEADING; DECEPTIVE
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GESTICULATE
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TO MAKE GESTURES OR MOTIONS ESPECIALLY WHEN SPEAKING
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HIBERNAL
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OF OR RELATING TO WINTER; WINTRY
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OBLIQUE
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SLANT; NEITHER PARALLEL NOR RIGHT ANGLES; OBSCURE; INDIRECT
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PROPONENT
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ONE WHO MAKES A PROPOSAL OR LAYS DOWN A PROPOSITION
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RELEGATE
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TO REMOVE; USUALLY TO AN INFERIOR POSITION
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ASSAILANT
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ONE WHO ATTACKS VIOLENTLY
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POSTERITY
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FUTURE GENERATIONS; A PERSON'S DESCENDANTS
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BLUSTER
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LOUD ANGRY ARGUMENT FULL OF EMPTY THREATS
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DELUDE
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TO MISLEAD; DECIEVE
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DEEM
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TO THINK, CONSIDER, OR HAVE AN OPINION
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ADVERSE
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UNFAVORABLE PERSON OR AFFECT; NEGATIVE
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MEMENTO
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SERVES AS A REMINDER OR WARNING
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SUBSUME
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INCORPORATE THE FUCTION OF SOMETHING WITHIN A LARGER ENTITY
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LIMBER
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FLEXIBLE
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ROTUND
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ROUND; SPHERICAL; RELATING TO WEIGHT, CHUBBY
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TAUNT
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TO CHALLENGE IN AN INSULTING MANNER
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TANTAMOUNT
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EQUIALENT IN VALUE, SIGNIFICATION, OR EFFECT
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GLEAN
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TO PICK UP BIT BY BIT; HARVESTING
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AGGRANDIZE
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TO MAKE SOMETHING APPEAR BIGGER THAN IT ACTUALLY IS
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SUCCINCT
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EXPRESSED IN FEW WORDS
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REMONSTRATE
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TO PROTEST AND GIVE OPPOSING REASONS
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INCEPTION
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THE BEGINNING OR START OF SOMETHING
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EQUANIMITY
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CALMNESS AND COMPSURE UNDER PRESSURE
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SCATHING
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HARSHLY CRITICALLY
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PRETENTIOUS
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MAKING UNJUSTIFIED CLAIMS; DEMANDING, HAUGHTY, AMBITIOUS
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CONTINGENT
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A GROUP FORMING A PART OF A LARGER GROUP
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RESILIENT
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ABLE TO RECOVER QUICKLY
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DISDAIN
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CONTEMPT OR SCORN
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PROSAIC
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LACKING IMAGINATION; DULL
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INFIRMITY
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A PHYSICAL, MENTAL, OR WEAKNESS FLAW
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IRRESOLUTE
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UNABLE TO MOVE ON OR RESOLVE
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SALIENT
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STANDING OUT, NOTICEABLE, CONSPICUOUS
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DISSEMINATE
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TO SCATTER ABROAD
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CONDUCIVE
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CONTRIBUTING TO AN END, BENEFICIAL
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ARDENTLY
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ENERGETICALLY, SINCERELY
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