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150 Cards in this Set
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abase
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lower; humiliate
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abash
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embarass
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bacchanalian
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orgiastic; like wild drunken revelry
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baleful
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something which foreshadows evil
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baneful
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describes something poisonous or deadly
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cache
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hiding place
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cacophonous
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terrible and generally unpleasant to listen to
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dais
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raised platform
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daunt
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to intimidate; frighten
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ebullient
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bubbly; overflowing with excitement
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edify
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to enlighten; educate
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Fabricate
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to invent or make up something (often in order to deceive)
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Facet
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side or aspect; face of something
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gainsay
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to deny dispute; say something against what someone else says
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garbled
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screwed up
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hackneyed
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overused;trite
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haggard
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unruly;wild;wasted;worn
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iconoclast
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destroyer of tradtion
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ignoble
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not noble
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jaded
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wearied, especially by too much of the good life
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jingoism
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extreme patriotism
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ken
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range of knowledge
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kiosk
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pavilion or small open booth where items are bought or sold
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labyrinth
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complicated maze or winding series of corridors
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lacerate
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to rip, maul, tear, mutilate, or mangle
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macabre
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gross; ghastly; suggestive of horrible death and decay
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magnanimous
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noble; generous; forgiving; magnificently kind
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nadir
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absolutley lowest point
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naive
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lacking in worldly wisdom or experience
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obdurate
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hardened against good influence
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oblivion
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state of being totally forgotten
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palatable
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acceptable to the taste; sufficiently good to be edible (think:plate-able)
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palliate
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to moderate the severity of, abate
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quagmire
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difficult situation thats hard to get out of
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quail
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to draw back in fear
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rampage
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(n.) course of wild behavior
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rampant
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unrestrained
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saga
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long adventure story
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sagacious
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wise
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table
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to remove from consideration
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taciturn
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untalkative; uncommunicative
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ubiquitous
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being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent
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unassuming
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not pretentious; modest
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vacillate
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to waver from one side to the other; oscillate
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vacuity
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emptiness; vacuum
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wanton
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immoral; unchaste; cruel
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whim
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capricious, freakish idea
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yummy
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delicious
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zany
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crazy; insane
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zeal
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enthusiasm
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abate
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to lessen
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abominate
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to loathe; hate
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abstruse
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profound; difficult to understand
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accentuate
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to stress; emphasize
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barrister
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lawyer
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bawdy
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obscene; coarse; humorous
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beatific
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displaying or imparting joy
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begrudge
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to envy, to resent
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cadaver
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corpse
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cajole
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to coax
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callous
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unfeeling; unsympathetic
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calumniate
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to slander
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dauntless
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bold
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dearth
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scarcity
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debase
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to lower in quality or value; adulterate
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decoy
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a lure or bait
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ebullient
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bubbly; overflowing with excitement
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educe
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to elicit
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efface
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to erase; rub out
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effete
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tired; barren; decadent
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effigy
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dummy, usually for symbolic torturing
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facetious
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joking or jesting
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fallacious
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false; wrong; incorrect
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fastidious
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careful about details; impossible to satisfy
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fatuous
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inane; foolish; fatheaded
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fawning
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groveling; overly admiring
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garrulous
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very talkative; loquacious
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genre
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category
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germane
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relevant; appropriate
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gestate
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to transform and grow, like a baby inside the womb
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hallowed
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holy; sacred
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harangue
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mean, nasty, angry speech
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harbinger
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forerunner; somethign that signals the approach of something; omen
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haughty
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proud; vain; arrogant
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ignominy
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dishonor; disgrace
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imbibe
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to drink in; absorb
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imbue
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to make wet; saturate; to inspire
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imminent
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about to occure; impending
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jocose
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merry; joking
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jocular
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jolly; joking
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jocund
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merry; jolly
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kismet
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fate
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kleptomaniac
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compulsive stealer
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knave
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clever bad guy
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knavery
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dishonest, mischievous dealing
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lackadaisical
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uncaring; lacking in interest or spirit
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laconic
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not saying much; brief; terse; concise; succinct
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lambaste
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to thrash, maul, beat, whip, or bludgeon with big things and other fun stuff; to scold sharply or rebuke
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languid
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lacking energy; weak
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malaise
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a feeling of illness or depression
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malediction
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a spoken curse
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malevolent
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wishing evil on others; malicious
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malice
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the desire to do bad to others; spite
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nascent
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coming into being; emerging
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nefarious
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evil
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nemesis
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vengeful enemy
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neologism
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a newly coined word, phrase, or expression
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neophyte
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beginner
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obsequious
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fawning; too easily compliant
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obsolete
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out of style; outdated
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obstreperous
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unruly; defiant; boisterous
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obtrude
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to force oneself or one's ideas on others; to extrude; to stick out
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pallid
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having an extremely pale complexion
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palpable
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capable of being touched or felt; real
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paragon
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model or example of perfection
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parch
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to make very dry, especially by heating
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qualm
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doubt; uneasiness; sudden pang of sickness or faintness
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quandary
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state of uncertainty; dilemma
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qualitative
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having to do with a quality
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quantitative
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capable of being expressed as, or having to do with, a number or quantity
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rant
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to rave, to speak wildly
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rapacious
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plundering; ravenous; greedy
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rapprochement
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reconciliation (think: re-approachment)
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ratiocination
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logical, methodical thinking
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salacious
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lecherous; erotically stimulating
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sanguine
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reddish, blood-colored, optimistic; cheerfull
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scanty
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insufficient; small
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scrutiny
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inspection; study; careful searching
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tact
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skill in dealing with people in difficult situations
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tangible
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existing materially; palpable; able to be touched
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tedious
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boring; tiresome trivial
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temerity
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recklessness; wild crazziness; lack of regard for danger
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unawares
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by suprise; unexpectedly
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uncouth
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crude; unrefined; awkward
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uncouth
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crude; unrefined; awkward
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unruly
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difficult to govern; impossible to discipline
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unscrupulous
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unprincipled; lacking ethical values
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valor
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courage; bravery
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vehement
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with ardor; energetically or violently forceful
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ver-
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has something to do with truth
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verbose
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excessively wordy
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wily
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crafty
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wistful
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yearning; wishful with a hint of sadness
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wow
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of or pertaing to golly-gee-whillikers
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wrath
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anger; rage
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zealous
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full of zeal
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zenith
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peak; summit; acme
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zest
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gusto; happy and vivacious enjoyment
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zyzzyva
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any of various tropical weevils of the genus Zyzzyva, often destructive to plants
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abhor
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to hate, dislike intensely
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