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36 Cards in this Set
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Assiduous
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hard-working
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Compelling
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forceful; urgently demanding attention
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Diligent
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marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
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Dogged (Dog-id)
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stubbornly persevering
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Intrepid
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courageous; fearless
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Maverick
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one who is independent and resists adherence to a group
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Obdurate (Ahb-dur-ut)
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stubborn; inflexible
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Obstinate
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stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action
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Proliferate
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to grow or increase rapidly
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Tenacity
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persistence. NOT Tenuous
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Vitality
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energy; power to survive
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Assimilation
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to absorb; to make similair
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Context`
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circumstances of a situation; environment
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Incumbent
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imposed as a duty; obligatory
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Malleable
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easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
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Subdue
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to restrain; to hold back
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Dogmatic
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stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs
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Conception
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most people have no conception of the enormous amount of genetic information present in a single living cell
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Profound
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having great depth or seriousness
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Inherent
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inborn; built in
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Innate
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inborn; possessed at birth
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Inveterate
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long established; deep-rooted. an inveterate liar
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Elusive
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difficult to capture
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Transient
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passing away with time; passing from one place to another. A transient life style
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Transitory
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short-lived or temporary
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Affable
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easy going; friendly
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amenable (a Meen able)
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responsive; aggreable. The group seemed amenable to my suggestion
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Camaraderie
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goodwill between friends
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Facetious (fuh See shus)
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playfully humorous. His facetious tone was funny...
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Impinge
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hinder; interfere with
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Sanction
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economic or military punishment put on another country
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Truncated
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shortened; cut off. The file was truncated as the internet went off
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Conspicuous
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easily noticed or observed
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Desiccation
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dryness, as a result of weather
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Platonic
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intimate and friendly but not sexual
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Eclectic
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deriving style, ideas, or taste from a wide range of sources
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