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43 Cards in this Set
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Sentimental
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emotional, expressing tender feelings
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"I'm sneding my only daughter to college. Can't I be a little sentimental?"
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inevitable
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certain to happen, unavoidable
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pretentious
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showy, making a flashy outward show to attract attention
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pretentious
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showy, making a flashy outward show to attract attention
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verbose
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overly wordy, long-winded, containing more words than needed
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eloquent
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expressed in a strong, clear, graceful, and persuasive way
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aptly
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to the point, suitable, having a natural tendency
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stoically
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not affected or showing no emotion
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grandiloquent
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speaking in a lofty, pompous, or overblown manner
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valedictory
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containing a farewell
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assiduous
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showing careful, constant attention
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exhorbitant
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far beyond what is usual or proper, excessive
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wreaked
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to inflict or bring about
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compensate
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to make up for
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diligence
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steady and careful attention
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prestigious
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honored, distinguished
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abundance
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large amount, more than enough
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quiescent
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in resting state, quiet, not active
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garrulous
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overly talkative
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congregated
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to come together in a crowd, to assemble
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congregated
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to come together in a crowd, to assemble
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wholesome
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promoting well-being, healthful
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salutary
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promoting a beneficial purpose or effect, good for one's health, producing an improvement, remedial, corrective
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contemplative
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thoughtful, devoted to meditation
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periphery
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boundary or the area just outside a boundary
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impulsive
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acting without plan or forethought
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spontaneous
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occurring naturally without plan or forethought
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masquerade
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to wear a disguise, pose
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instigate
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to cause to happen by stirring up
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frugal
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careful in spending
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ponderous
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large, heavy, bulky, dull, boring
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protracted
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drawn out in time, prolonged
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autonomy
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independence, self-reliance
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monolithic
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made or resembling a large block of stone
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masonry
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stonework, brickwork, made of stone or brick
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prosaic
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unimaginative, ordinary, boring, dull
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staid
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proper, sober, dignified, conservative
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antediluvian
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before the biblical flood
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edifices
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a large or elaborate building
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imposing
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impressive in appearance, manner, or size
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breadth
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width, measure of something from side to side
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industrious
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hardworking, persevering
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mused
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to consider, be absorbed in one's thoughts, contemplate, to ask oneself, wonder
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