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23 Cards in this Set
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quandary
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a perplexed, unresolvable state
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rancor
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deep, bitter resentment
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sagacity
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make good judgement, opinons by distinguishing and evaluating
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tangential
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incidental, peripheral, divergent slightly connected
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uncanny
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of supernatural character or origin
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validate
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to confirm, support, corroborate
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wanton
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undisciplined, lewd, lustful
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zephyr
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a gentle breeze
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abdicate
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to give a position, leadership
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banal
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uninteresting, dull
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cajole
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to urge, coax
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debacle
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a disatrous failure, disruption
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ecstatic
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intensely and overpoweringly happy
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facile
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easy, requiring little effor; superfacial achieved with minimal care
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genial
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friendly, affable
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hapless
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unlucky
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idolatrous
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excessively worship
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juxtaposition
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the act of placing two things next to each other for implicit comparison
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languid
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sluggish from fatigue and weakness
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malediction
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a curse
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nebulous
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vaguely defined, cloudy
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oblique
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divergin from a straight line, indirect
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palette
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a range of colors or qualities
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