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60 Cards in this Set
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eclipse
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go beyond
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abrade
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to wear away (by friction)
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adventitious
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accidental
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mode
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style, method
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amalgam
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alloy, mixture
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sequester
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isolate, seclude
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momentous
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great importance
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tiff
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minor quarrel
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muted
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toned down (color, sound)
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depravity
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moral corruption
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cessation
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stopping
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nonchalant
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acting casual
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unassailable
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cannot be attacked
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nostalgia
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fond remembrance
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abet
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to assist in a crime
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tempestuous
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stormy
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somnolent
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half-asleep
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guile
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cunning, trickery
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eccentric
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odd, unnormal
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meander
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to wander
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zephyr
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gentle breeze, west wind
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monumental
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great occasion
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discerning
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having keen perception/judgement
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garish
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gaudy, showy
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heckle
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to taunt
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hermetic
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tightly sealed
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meticulous
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attention to detail
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prodigy
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someone with great ability
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forthright
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outspoken
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idiom
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expression that doesn't mean what it means literally
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impasse
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deadlock
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diminution
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act of diminishing/tapering
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impetuous
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hasty, rash
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empathy
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feeling to understand someone
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sympathy
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feeling sorry for someone
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apathy
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having no feelings for someone
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circumscribe
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confine, limit
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ignoble
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unworthy
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illusory
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seemingly real
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cogitate
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to think over
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perfunctory
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routine, without care
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imbibe
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to drink, to drink in
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vicissitude
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change of fortune
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puerite
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childish
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purge
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remove by cleansing, rid an organization/undesirables
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surfeit
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excessive quantity, overindulgence(disgust from)
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vacuous
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lacking content, idle, empty
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acerbic
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bitter (in tone, taste, or manner)
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soporific
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causing drowsiness, tedious
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tedious
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dull, boring
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apocryphal
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not true (probably not true but widely believed to be true)
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hyperbole
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exaggeration used for effect
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altruistic
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selflessness, acting for others' good
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conflagration
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a large destructive fire
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vanguard
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leading postion or people, advance troops
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anathema
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object of loathing, somebody or something formally denounced, a general curse
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incontrovertible
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undeniable, not open to question
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restive
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uneasy, impatient, unwilling to be guided
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vapid
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dull, lacking strength, taste, or flavor
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blandishments
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flattery (piece of)
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