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129 Cards in this Set
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abject
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hopeless
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abscond
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to leave secretly
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Acrimony
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bitter, sharp hostility
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Adulation
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high praise
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Aesthetic
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pertaining to beauty or the arts
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aggrandize
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increase in power
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amicable
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friendly
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anachronistic
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out of date
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approbation
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praise
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arduous
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hard, difficult
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assuage
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to ease
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acquiesce
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comply, give in
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assiduous
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persistent, hard working
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asylum
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shelter
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auspicious
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promising
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austere
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undecorated
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banal
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boring, cliched
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benevolent
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friendly, helpful
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capitulate
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surrender
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camaraderie
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trust amoung friends
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capricious
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subject to whim, impulsive
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castigate
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to critizice harshly
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catharsis
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cleansing
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censure
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to critizice harshly
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circuitous
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longest way
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clandestine
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secretive
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clairvoyant
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able to see the future
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comeliness
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a physical beauty
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compendious
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full and concise
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compunction
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regret, second thoughts
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cogent
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well reasoned/convincing
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convivial
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warm, hospitable
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deleterious
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harmful, detrimental
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demagogue
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leader who appeals to emotion
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denigrate
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to slur ones rep
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dichotomy
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a division of two contrasting things
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didactic
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extremely instructive
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diffidence
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shyness
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dilatory
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delaying
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disdain
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absolutely hate
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divergent
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separating
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effusive
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extroverted
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enervationg
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weakening, tiering
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ephemeral
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only lasting a short time
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equivocate
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using vauge language to avoid taking a stand, a double meaning to intentionally mislead
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esoteric
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intended for a restriced few
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evanescent
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shortly fading, short lived
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expiate
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atone, make ammends
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facile
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simplistic
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florid
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ornate of red colored
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fortuitous
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fortunate
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garrulous
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talkative, chatty
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hackneyed
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cliched worn out by overuse
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haughty
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arrogant and condescendign
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histronic
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theatrical
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imperious
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arrogant
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intemperate
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unbalanced
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impute
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to attribute an action to a particular group or person
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inscrutable
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enigmatic, impenetrable
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insidious
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treacherous, doing harm in a suble manner
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interpid
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fearless, adventurous
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intuitive
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instinctive or untaught
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jubilation
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joy, celebration
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litigious
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controversial
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lobbyist
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person who seeks to influence politcal events
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longevity
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a long life
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lurid
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provoking
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magnanimous
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generous
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mundane
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ordinary
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nonchalant
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calm casual
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notoriety
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unfavorable fame
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novice
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apprentice, beginner
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obsequious
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brownnosing, eager to please
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officious
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too helpful
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ominous
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threatening
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opulent
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wealthy
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lecturer
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speaker
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onerous
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burdensome
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opacity
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opaqueness
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ostentatious
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displaying or showing wealth
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palliative
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lessen the severity
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panoply
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impressive array
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parched
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dried up
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petulant
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suddenly irritated
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perfidious
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faithless
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pernicious
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very harmful
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polemic
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verbal attack
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precocious
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unusually advanced
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prescient
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having pre knowledge
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pretentious
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pretend to be important
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prevaricate
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to lie or deviate from the truth
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prodigious
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vast
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prosaic
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relating to prose, dull or comonplace
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prosperity
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wealth
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prudent
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careful, catious
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querulous
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irritable, complaining
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quiescence
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inactivity
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quixotic
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overly idealistic, impractical
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rancorous
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bitter, hatefull,
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redolent
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reminiscent
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repudiate
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reject the validity of
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reticent
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silent
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reclusive
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preferring to live in isolation
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resilient
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able to quickly recover
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restrained
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controlled
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reverence
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profound respect
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sagacity
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wisdom
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scrutinize
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to observe carefully
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solicitous
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consider, caring, attentive
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soporific
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causing sleep
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spontaneity
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impulsive action
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spurious
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lacking authenticity
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superficial
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lakcing in depth, shallow
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suppress
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end an activity
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surreptitious
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secret, stealthy
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tenacious
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determined, keeping a firm grip on
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transient
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temp
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trepidation
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fear
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ubiquitous
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semming to be everywhere at the same time
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venerable
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respected
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verdant
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green with vegitation
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verisimilitude
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quality of appearing true or real
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vilify
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to slander, defame
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vindicate
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to clear from blame
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vociferous
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crying out noisy
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wary
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careful, cautious
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taciturn
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quiet
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trepidation
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fear
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zealot
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enthusiast
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