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36 Cards in this Set
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brevity
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the quality or state of being brief in duration
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expedient
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appropriate to a purpose; convenient, speedy
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transient
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passing quickly in time or space
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bolster
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to hearten, suport, or prop up
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burgeon
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to grow and flourish
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copious
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plentiful; haivng a large quantity
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distend
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to swell out or expand from internal pressure, as when overly full
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prodigious
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enormous
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profundity
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great depth of intellect, feeling, or meaning
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redouble
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to make twice as great; to double
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scintillating
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brilliant
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averse
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strongly disinclined
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conspicuous
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easy to notice; obvious
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demure
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modest and reserved
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diffidence
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timidity or shyness
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quiescent
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quiet, still, undisturbed
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concord
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agreement
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dogmatic
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stubbornly attached to insufficiently proven beliefs
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fastidious
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carefully attentive to detail; difficult to please
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transigence
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refusal to moderate a position or to compromise
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jocular
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characterized by or given to joking
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alacrity
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promptness in response; cheery readiness; eagerness
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sanguine
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cheerfully confident; optimistic
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byzantine
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extremely complicated or devious
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cantankerous
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ill-tempered and quarrelsome, disagreeable
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contentious
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quarrelsome
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exacerbate
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to increase the severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
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lippant
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disrespectfully humorous or casual
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solent
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insulting in manner or speech
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rancorous
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marked by bitter, deap-seated ill will
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repugnant
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arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive
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tawdry
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gaudy and cheap
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invocation
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a call usually upon a higher power
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stratify
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to layer or separate into layers
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variegated
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having streaks, marks, or patches of a different color; varicolored
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verdant
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green with vegetation
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