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65 Cards in this Set
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Abet
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To help someone do abad thing
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Abscond
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To depart secretly
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Absolve
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To forgive, free from blame
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Acuiesce
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To give in; surrender
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Abstruse
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Extremely difficult to understand.
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Adamant
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Insistent; unyielding
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Affected
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Fake; Pretentious
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Affinity
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Attraction toward or liking of something
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Aloof
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Emotionally distant; Cold
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Altercation
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A dispute or fight
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Ambivalent
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Feeling two ways at the same time; Unsure
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Amiable
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Friendly; Easygoing
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Anonymous
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Without name
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Antagonistic
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Hostile; Bellicose
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Apocryphal
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Of doubtful authenticity
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Aquatic
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Belonging or living in water
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Arable
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Suitable for farming
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Arboreal
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Relating to trees; Living in trees
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Archaic
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Outdated; No longer in use
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Assent
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To agree to
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Assuage
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To soothe or relieve
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Auspicious
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Favorable; Propitious
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Authentic
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Genuine, Real
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Banal
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Dull and unoriginal
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Bane
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A destructive or harmful thing
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Behemoth
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Huge creature
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Beleaguer
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To harass
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Benevolent
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Good-willed; Kind
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Biped
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Two-footed animal
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Bombastic
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Using high-sounding but meaning less language.
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Bovine
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Cow-like; Relating to cows
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Carnivorous
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Meat-eating
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Castigate
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To scold
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Censure
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To find fault with and condemn as wrong; blame
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Charlatan
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A deceiver; A fraud; A quack
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Chimerical
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Fanciful, Imaginary, Visionary, Impossible
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Clamor
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Noisy outcry
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Cognizant
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Aware
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Commodious
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Roomy; Spacious
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Compelling
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Strongly convincing
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Complacent
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Overly self-satisfied
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Concise
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Brief and to the point
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Concur
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To agree
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Condescending
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Looking down upon another
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Condone
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To excuse bad behavior
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Consensus
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A state of agreement
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Contentious
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Argumentative
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Contrite
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Regretful; penitent
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Copious
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Plentiful
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Craven
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Cowardly
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Cryptic
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Difficult to understand; coded
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Culpable
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Guilty; Blameworthy
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Cursory
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Hasty; Showing little ttention to detail
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Cygnet
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Young swan
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Dearth
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Lack of something
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Defame
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to say something that ruins someone's reputation
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Demean
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to degrade, Humiliate
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Denigrate
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To slur or backen someone's reputation
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Denounce
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To accuse, blame
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Deplete
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To use up; exhaust
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Deride
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To speak ill of
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Derogate
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To speak ill of
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Diabolical
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Fiendish; wicked
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Diatribe
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Bitter verbal attack
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Diffiden
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Shy, lacking confidence
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