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111 Cards in this Set
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Ambivalent
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undecided
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Apathy
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lack of energy or interest
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Autonomy
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self-government
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Bevevolent
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kind
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blanched
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turned pale
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bolster
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give support to
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bucolic
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concerned with the countryside
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callous
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cruel
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capricious
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changable
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churlish
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ill-mannered
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cohesive
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forming a whole
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concur
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agree
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cryptic
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hidden
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decimation
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estensive destruction
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deft
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skilful
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depravity
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moral corruption
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desolate
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lonley; feeling very sad and hopeless
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didatic
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intending to teach or give instructions
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disingenuous
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crafty
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dispassionate
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unbiased
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disposition
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personality
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dissent
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disagreement
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effusive
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overly expressive of emotions
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endorse
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support
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enigma
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puzzle
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enumerate
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list
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ephemeral
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short lived
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erroneous
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wrong
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erudtion
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great knowledge
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esoteric
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obscure
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fabrication
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something made up, untrue
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facetious
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not taken seriously
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factions
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sides in a dispute, groups with a common interest
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fostered
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encouraged
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harbored
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held, like held an ideal
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Implacable
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cannot be appeased
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impugned
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challenged, attacked in words
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incorrigible
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cannot be corrected
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indigenous
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native to a particular place
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ineffable
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cannot be expressed in words
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irascible
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easily angered
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lament
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express regret
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languid
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having no energy
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lassitude
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lack of energy
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mercurial
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rapidly changing
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misnomer
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wrong name for something
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mollified
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calmed
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mutltifaceted
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having many aspects
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mundane
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dull;ordinary
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nostalgic
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to return to the past in ones life for happiness
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obtrusive
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easily seen
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omnipotent
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all powerful
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phlegmatic
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calm
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plausible
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believable
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precursor
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earlier version
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preeminece
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fame; top position
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pretentious
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puttiong on an act
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prolific
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producing a lot
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provocative
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provoking
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raiment
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clothes
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reconicle
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to bring disputing sides together
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remiss
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wrong
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remonstrance
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criticism
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resilent
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able to spring back, strong
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skewed
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distorted, bent
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stringent
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strict
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subtle
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not obvious
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succinct
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clear, short and well expressed
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tenable
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can be held, an opinion
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tenuous
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not firm, shaky
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torrid
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hot and steamy
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undermine
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attempt to overthrow, weaken
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underscore
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emphasize
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unequivocal
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clear, cannot be musunderstood
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vector
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carrier or a disease
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verbose
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wordy
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whimsical
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changable
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wistful
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full of sadness
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abashed
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sorry, ashamed
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anecdote
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short story
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annihilated
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wiped out
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anomalies
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things that do not fit the pattern
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antipodes
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places on opposite sides of the globe
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arduous
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hard, and difficult
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assuage
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to make less
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auspicious
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fortunate, successful outcome
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axiom
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something that is taken to be ture
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banal
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dull, unoriginal
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bellicose
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aggressive
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benign
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kindly
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befurcation
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divison into two
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cacophonous
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very noisy
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captivate
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fascinating
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clairvoyant
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able to see in the future
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coddled
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over protected, kept warm
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comely
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attractive
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complacent
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over confident
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convival
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friendly
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cosmoplitan
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varied nationalites
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deferential
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showing respect
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deterrent
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something that puts one off
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dichotomies
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divide into two
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diffident
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shy
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digression
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going off the poing
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docile
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easily lead
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equitable
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fair and equal
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ambiguous
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something interpreted in more then one way
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equivocal
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ambiguous
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exhilarating
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exciting
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fathom
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understand
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fervent
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passionate
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