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50 Cards in this Set
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Abase
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to humiliate, degrade
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Aberration
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something that differs from the norm
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Abnegation
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denial of comfort to oneself
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Abstruse
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hard to comprehend
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Beguile
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to trick
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Capricious
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subject to whim, fickle
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Deleterious
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harmful
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Ebullient
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extremely lively, enthusiastic
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Fecund
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fruitful, fertile
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Garish
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gaudy, in bad taste
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Catalyze
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to charge, inspire
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Cavort
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to leap about
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Implacable
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incapable of being appeased
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heinous
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shockingly wicked
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aspersions
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a curse
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assiduous
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hard-working
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circuitous
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roundabout
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colloquial
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characteristic of informal conversation
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juxtaposition
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placing two things next to each other for comparison
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languid
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sluggish from fatigue
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semaphore
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a visual sign
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serendipity
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luck, finding good things without looking for them
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meritorious
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worthy of reward
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relish
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to enjoy
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malleable
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capable of being shaped
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propensity
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an inclination
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vituperate
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to berate
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recalcitrant
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defiant
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banal
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dull, unimpressive
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sublime
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lofty, exalted, grand
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multifarious
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having great variety
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deride
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to laugh at mockingly
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abrogate
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to abolish
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platitude
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an uninspiring remark
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cupidity
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greed, strong desire
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temerity
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audacity, recklessness
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accede
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to agree
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eschew
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to shun, avoid
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ephemeral
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short-lived
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nadir
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the lowest point of something
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ineffable
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incapable of being expressed through words
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sagacity
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shrewdness
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pathos
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an emotion of sympathy
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mollify
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to soften in temper
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abate
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to reduce
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abhor
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to hate
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surmise
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to infer with little evidence
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tacit
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expressed without words
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umbrage
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resentment
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truculent
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ready to fight
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