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53 Cards in this Set
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adroit
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skillful
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adulation
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excessive praise, worship
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austere
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severe, plain, no frills
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cajole
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persuade or coax with flattery or small lies
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conciliate
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soothe, reconcile, pacify
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confluence
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flowing together
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credulous
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gullible, believing
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despot
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absolute ruler, autocrat
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diligent
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hard working
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discord
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disagreement (opposite of accord)
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disinterested
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unbiased, impartial
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disseminate
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to spread the seeds of something; to make widely known
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efface
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erase, wipe out
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egregious
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outstandingly bad
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esoteric
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understood by a select few
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exonerate
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excuse from blame
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extol
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to praise, eulogize
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extrinsic
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extraneous, external
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facilitate
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make easier, hasten
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flagrant
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obvious, shocking
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gall
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nerve
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gratifying
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satisfying
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hector
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intimidate (Hector--great warrior)
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hedonistic
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pleasure seeking, indulgent
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idiosyncratic
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personal peculiarity
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imperative
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essential
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impetuous
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marked by excessive vehemence; acting from emotion not reason
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inconsequential
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unimportant, irrelevant
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infamous
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famous for a bad reason
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jeopardy
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danger
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languid
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slow, tired, lacking energy
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malleable
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easy to shape or bend
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maudlin
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silly and overly sentimental
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nefarious
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evil, flagrantly wicked
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officious
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overly helpful when not asked for
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onerous
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burdensome, oppressive
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plethora
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excess, abundance
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pragmatic
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practical
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prevarication
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lie, equivocation
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propriety
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properness, correctness
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resolution
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determination, solution to a problem
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revere
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worship, honor, respect, show respect
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serendipity
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accidental good fortune
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skeptical
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doubting
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slothful
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lazy, indolent
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sluggard
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lazy person
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stagnant
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not moving
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supercilious
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haughty, arrogant, disdainful
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torpid
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sluggish, lethargic
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turgid
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swollen
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vacillate
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waver, between choices
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vigor
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energy, vitality
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virtuoso
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a person very skilled in a field
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