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26 Cards in this Set
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diminutive
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very small
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trivial
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unimportant
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exhort
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to encourage
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antipathy
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strong dislike
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digress
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to depart from a subject, to ramble
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tenacious
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characterized by holding fast to something valued, showing great determination
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indulgent
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excessive generosity, overly tolerant
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polarize
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to create disunity, to break up into opposing factions or groups
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nebulous
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cloudy, misty, lacking a fully developed form
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analogy
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a similarity or likeness between things that are unrelated
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ephemeral, fleeting, evanescent
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very brief
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perennial
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returning year after year, enduring
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penchant, predilection, propensity
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a liking or preference for something
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capricious, mercurial, fickle
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very changeable, characterized by constantly shifting moods
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boorish, uncouth, crass
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vulgar, crude behavior
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indignant
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characterized by outrage at something that is perceived as unjust
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unnuendo
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a reference
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thward, stymie
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to prevent
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adroit, deft, adept
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having or showing great skill
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admonish
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to earnestly caution, to warn another to avoid a course of action
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incontrovertible
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impossible to deny or disprove, something that is true
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voracious, ravenous, rapacious
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having a huge appetite that cannot be satisfied
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callous
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emotionally hardened, insensitive, unfeeling
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intrepid
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fearless
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nonchalant
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unconcerned
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convoluted
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difficult to understand because of being twisting and winding
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