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93 Cards in this Set
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co, con
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together, with
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brev
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brief
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cis
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cut
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cur
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run, course
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laconic
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disposed to using few words
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reticent
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disposed to using few words
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petulant
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unreasonably irritable
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adjudicate
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to hear and judge a case
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jud
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judge
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leg
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law
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jur
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oath, law
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scrut
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to examine
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prevaricate
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stray from or evade the truth
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jurisprudence
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science or philosophy of law
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adjure
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to command solemnly, as under oath
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inscrutable
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beyond comprehension or examination
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recondite
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not easily understood
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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loquacious
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very talkative
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grandiloquent
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speaking in a pompous manner
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elocution
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expressive delivery of public speech
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garrulous
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talkative
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pontificate
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to speak pompously
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discursive
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straying from the topic
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locu, loqu
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talk
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circum
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around
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verb
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word
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e-, ex-
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out
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ben, bene, bon
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good
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eu
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good
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grat
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to please, thank
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vole
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wish
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benediction
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an expression of good wishes
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inimical
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injurious or harmful in effect
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ingratiate
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to put oneself in good favor with another
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euphonious
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sweet sounding
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mellifluous
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smooth and sweet
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dulcet
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pleasing to the ear
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immutable
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unchangeable
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transmute
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to transform
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mercurial
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erratic, subject to wild changes in character
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rupt
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break
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morph
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form, shape
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mut
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change
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meta
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change, beyond
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protean
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capable of assuming different forms
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vacillate
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to change one's mind repeatedly
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vac
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empty
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uni
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one
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mund
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world
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anima
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spirit, mind
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prosaic
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unimaginative, ordinary
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insipid
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uninteresting, dull; without flavor
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banal
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ordinary, trivial
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equanimity
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the quality of being even-tempered
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magnanimous
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noble of heart, generous, forgiving
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sanguine
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cheerfully optimistic
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phlegmatic
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sluggish
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choleric
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easily angered
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recalcitrant
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stubbornly resistant to authority
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protean
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capable of assuming different forms
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vacillate
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to change one's mind repeatedly
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vac
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empty
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uni
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one
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mund
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world
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anima
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spirit, mind
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prosaic
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unimaginative, ordinary
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insipid
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uninteresting, dull; without flavor
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banal
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ordinary, trivial
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equanimity
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the quality of being even-tempered
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magnanimous
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noble of heart, generous, forgiving
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sanguine
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cheerfully optimistic
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phlegmatic
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sluggish
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choleric
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easily angered
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recalcitrant
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stubbornly resistant to authority
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obsequious
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full of exhibiting servile compliance
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obeisant
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attitude of deference
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splenetic
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irritable, easily angered
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bilious
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having a peevish disposition; ill-humored
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peevish
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ill-tempered
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captious
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marked by a disposition to find and point out trivial thoughts
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carping
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to find fault in a disagreeable way
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caviling
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to find fault unnecessarily
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dolorous
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marked by or expressive of sorrow or pain
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lugubrious
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mournful, dismal or gloomy
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pusillanimous
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cowardly
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craven
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cowardly
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dastardly
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cowardly and malicious
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lassitude
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feeling of weakness or listlessness
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sanguis
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blood
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melan
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black
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choler
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bile
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anima
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spirit, mind
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