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53 Cards in this Set
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affable
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friendly
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ambiguous
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unclear in meaning, vague
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ancillary
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additional
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animated
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alive, animal
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anomaly
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aberration, something that breaks the norm
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avarice
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greed, cupidity
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benevolent
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kind
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brevity
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briefness
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castigate
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punish
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chagrin
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disappointment
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chastise
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punish, castigate, censure
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coalesce
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come together, merge
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condone
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forgive, overlook
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cryptic
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mysterious, puzzling
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defile
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debase
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deleterious
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hazardous
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effrontery
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nerve, gall, boldness, impudence
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elaborate
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detailed, careful, thorough
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engender
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create, produce
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epicure
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gourmet
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epitomize
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typify
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frivolous
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not serious, solemn
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heresy
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an opinion violently opposed to
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impugn
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to criticize or attack
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innate
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inherited, inborn
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inscrutable
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hard to understand
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languid
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slow, tired, lacking energy
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lugubrious
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extremely sad
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neutral
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unbiased, objective
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nullify
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to make unimportant
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orthodox
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generally accepted, conventional
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paragon
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model of excellence
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parody
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mockery
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penurious
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poor, indigent, or miserly
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pious
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deeply religious
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preclude
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make impossible, prevent
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precocious
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adult-like, advanced
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proficient
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capable, skillful, adroit, adept
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provincial
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narrow-minded, insophisticated
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redundant
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repetitive, extra, unnecessary
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relapse
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slip back, lose ground
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rescind
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take back
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sequester
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isolate, separate
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spurious
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false, illegitimate
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squalor
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filth, neglect
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stringent
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strict, harsh, severe
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tedious
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boring
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temerity
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boldness
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repugnant
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incompatible, distasteful, invidious, abhorrent
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uniform
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without variety, constant
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vehement
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urgent, passionate
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virulent
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very harmful, poisonous
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zeal
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enthusiasm, zest
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