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25 Cards in this Set
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Aesthetic
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Artistically beautiful
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Aloof
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Detached emotionally
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Archaic
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Antique, out of use
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Assuage
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To ease, or mitigate
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Belie
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To contradict
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Contentious
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Quarrelsome
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Daunt
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To intimidate
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Debilitate
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To weaken, or enfeeble
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Discord
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Lack of agreement, tension
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Dissemination
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The act of scattering
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Dogmatic
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Opinionated
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Duplicity
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Double-dealing
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Egocentric
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Selfish
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Euphemism
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Substitution of an inoffensive term for and offensive one
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Gluttonous
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Greedy for food and drink
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Mundane
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Boring
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Ominous
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Threatening
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Petulance
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Unreasonable touchiness, or irritability
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Pompous
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Exaggerated show of digity or self importance
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Precocious
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Exceptionally early in development or occurance
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Slothful
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Lazy
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Trivia
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Insignificant matters
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Verbose
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Wordy
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Virulent
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Extremly poisonous
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Volatile
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Quickly changeable, easily vaporized
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