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97 Cards in this Set
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acquiescent
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agreeing without protest
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compliant
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obedient
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docile
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easy to manage
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dogged
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stubborn
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dogmatic
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stating opinions in a positive or arrogant manner
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fractious
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hard to manage
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froward
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stubbornly willful, not easily controlled
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hidebound
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obstinately conservative and narrow-minded
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intractable
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hard to manage
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irresolute
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indecisive, vacillating
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malleable
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capable of being changed or trained
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obdurate
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stubborn
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obstinate
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stubborn
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pertinacious
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holding firmly and stubbornly to a purpose
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pliable
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easily influenced
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recalcitrant
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stubbornly defiant, refusing to obey
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refractory
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hard to manage
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resolved
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determined fixed in purpose
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servile
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like a slave
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submissive
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obedient
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tenacious
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stubborn
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unruly
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hard to control
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vacillate
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to wavier in mind, cannot make a dicision
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aberration
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abnormality
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abjure
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give up
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abstemious
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moderate in eating and drinking
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acme
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peek, top
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adjure
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to order
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aberration
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abnormality
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Brobdingnagian
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giant
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candor
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fairness
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abjure
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give up
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coeval
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at the same time
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abstemious
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moderate in eating and drinking
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acme
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peek, top
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hackneyed
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overused, too common
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halcyon
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calm, happy
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adjure
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to order
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Brobdingnagian
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giant
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candor
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fairness
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coeval
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at the same time
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hackneyed
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overused, too common
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halcyon
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calm, happy
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aberration
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abnormality
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abjure
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give up
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abstemious
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moderate in eating and drinking
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acme
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peek, top
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adjure
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to order
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Brobdingnagian
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giant
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candor
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fairness
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coeval
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at the same time
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hackneyed
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overused, too common
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halcyon
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calm, happy
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inundate
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to flood, overdo it
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noisome
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stinky, having a bad odor
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noxious
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harmful to health, bad for you
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peregrinate
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to travel or to walk
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perfunctory
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automatic, routine
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prolific
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giving much
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salubrious
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good for you, healthful
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serendipity
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luck or good fortune
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superfluous
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excessive
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turpitude
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evil
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alacrity
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eager willingness, readiness
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consternation
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great fear or shock that leaves one feeling helpless
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dither
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vacillate
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hapless
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unfortunate, unlucky
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jaded
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tired, worn out
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lampoon
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attack
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parasite
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a person who flatters in exchange for free meals or items
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parry
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deflect
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ravishing
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causing great joy and delight
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sotto voce
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in an undertone
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tome
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a book
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wanderlust
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an impulse to travel or wander
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affable
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friendly
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cottoborating
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confirming
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dissertation
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a formal and lengthy
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erstwhile
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former
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hiatus
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a break or a gap
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irony
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a circumstance that's the oppostie of what may be expected
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lobbyist
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a person acting for a special interest who tries to influence decisions
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pragmatic
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practical
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proffer
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offer
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promulgate
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to pulish or make known officially
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protocal
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the code of ceremonial
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punctiliously
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careful
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agitate
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to upset or disturb
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blanch
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turn white
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copiously
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abundantly
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dubious
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doubtful
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excuplpate
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remove guilt
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frank
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honestly
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frenzied
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hyperactive
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glower
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glare, look angrily
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solicitously
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concernedly
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ultimate
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final, conclusive
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