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81 Cards in this Set
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crescendo
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climax
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deadpanned
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said matter-of-factly
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dearth
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shortage
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deceive
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mislead
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decibel
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loudness
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demolish
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destroy
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digression
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deviation
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disclose
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reveal
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discrepancy
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disagreement
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disheartened
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discouraged
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dissuade
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advise against
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divisive
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dividing
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effaced
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erased
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egregious
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flagrant
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elicited
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draw forth
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empirical
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based on experience
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ennui
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boredom
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exhort
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urge strongly
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extraneous
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excess
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fatuous
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foolish
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fervency
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enthusiasm
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flagrant
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obvious
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furtively
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secretly
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genially
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in friendly manner
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None
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hapless
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unfortunate
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hegemony
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domination
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illicit
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unlawful
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impassive
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expressionless
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incinerate
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burn
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inclination
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[see note in text]
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inclined
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predisposed
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inconsolable
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beyond being comforted
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increments
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increased amounts
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initiating
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TK
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intimating
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implying
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knell
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announcing sound
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kudos
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praise
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laudatory
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praising
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lenient
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permissive
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lethargic
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sluggish
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lucid
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clear-headed
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maelstrom
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storm
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mercilessly
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unrelentingly
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moderate
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mediocre
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modicum
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small portion
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morose
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gloomy
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mundane
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ordinary
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nadir
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lowest point
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obdurate
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inflexible
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ornate
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excessively decorated
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oscillate
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waver
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palpitating
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throbbing
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paradigm
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typical example
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paramount
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all-important
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permeated
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seeped through
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perplexed
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baffled
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placated
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appeased
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placid
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calm
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preponderance
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excessive number
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prescribe
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specify
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prowess
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great ability
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pungent
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intensely odorous
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quagmire
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difficult position
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rank
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foul
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rapport
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personal connection
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replete
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full
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reprehensible
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blameworthy
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reprieve
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delay of punishment
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retract
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take back
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ruse
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trick
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sanguine
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confident
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seminal
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unprecedented
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sophomoric
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childish
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stagnated
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gone stale
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tranquil
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calm
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transgression
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violation
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truculent
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savage
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venerate
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revere
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verdant
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green
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wily
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sly
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wry
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ironically humorous
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