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33 Cards in this Set
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aesthetic
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adj. having to do with the appreciation of beauty
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affable
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adj. easy going; friendly
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amiable
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adj. friendly and agreeable in nature; good natured and likeable
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apathetic
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adj. feeling or showing little emotion
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banal
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adj. drearily commonplace and often predictable; trite
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bombastic
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adj. given to pompous speech or writing
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callous
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adj. emotionally hardened; unfeeling
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cantankerous
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adj. ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable
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capricious
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adj. impulsive and unpredictable
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circumspect
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adj. heedful of circumstances and potential consequences; prudent
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conspicuous
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adj. easy to notice; obvious
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defunct
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adj. having ceased to exist or live
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deletorious
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adj. having a harmful effect
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dilatory
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adj. habitually late
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dubious
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adj. doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
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duplicitous
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adj. given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior and speech
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eminent
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adj. distinguished; prominent
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empathetic
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adj. identification of another's feelings or feelings, situations, or motives
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erratic
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adj. having no fixed or regular course; wandering
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exorbitant
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adj. exceeding all bounds, as of custom or fairness
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exuberant
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adj. full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy
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flagrant
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adj. extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable
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gratuitous
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adj. given freely; unearned; unwarranted
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ignominy
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adj. a state of great dishonor or humiliation
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innocuous
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adj. causing no adverse effects
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laudatory
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adj. giving praise
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lucid
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adj. easily understood; clear
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meticulous
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adj. extremely particular or precise
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multifarious
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adj. having great variety; diverse
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obsequious
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adj. full of or exibiting servile compliance; fawning
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opulent
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adj. exhibiting a display of great wealth
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ornate
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adj. ornately decorated
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parity
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adj. equality as in amounts, status, or value
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