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64 Cards in this Set
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Aesthetic
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concerning the appreciation of beauty
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Ameliorate
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to make better; to improve
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Arbitrary
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determined by chance or impulse
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Attenuate
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reduce in force or degree; weaken
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Burgeon
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to grow and flourish
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Candid
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impartial and honest in speech
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Catalyst
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something that brings about a change in something else
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Chauvinist
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someone prejudiced in favor of a group that he or she belongs to
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Credulous
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too trusting; gullible
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Desultory
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jumping from one thing to another; disconnected
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Eclectic
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selecting from or made up from a variety of sources
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Enervate
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to reduce in strength
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Enumerate
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to count, list, itemize
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Erratic
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wandering and unpredictable
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Foment
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to arouse or incite
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Garrulous
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tending to talk a lot
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Inimical
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hostile, unfriendly
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Intransigent
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uncompromising, refusing to be reconciled
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Laconic
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using few words
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Luminous
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bright, brilliant, glowing
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Ostentation
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excessive showiness
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Pedant
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someone who shows off learning
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Phlegmatic
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calm and unemotional in temperment
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Prevaricate
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to like or deviate from the truth
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Proclivity
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a natural inclination or predisposition
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Propitiate
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to conciliate, to appease
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Pungent
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sharp and irritating to the senses
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Repudiate
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to reject the validity of
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Torpor
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extreme mental and physical sluggishness
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Aberrant
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deviating from what is normal or expected
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Abyss
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an extremely deep hole
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Alleviate
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to make more bearable
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Anomaly
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deviation from what is normal
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Apathy
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lack of interest or emotion
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Ardor
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intense and passionate feeling
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Banal
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predictable, cliched, boring
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Coalesce
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to grow together to form a single whole
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Connoisseur
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a person with expert knowledge or discriminating tastes
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Deference
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respect, courtesy
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Dilate
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to make larger, expand
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Eloquent
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persuasive and moving, especially in speech
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Emulate
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to copy; to try to equal or excel
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Estimable
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admirable
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Exacerbate
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to make worse
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Exonerate
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to clear of blame
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Fawn
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to grovel
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Gullible
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easily deceived
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Imperturbable
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not capable of being disturbed
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Implacable
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unable to be calmed down or made peaceful
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Latent
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potential that is not readily apparent
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Lethargic
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acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner
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Metaphor
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a figure of speech comparing two different things, a symbol
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Mitigate
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to soften, to lessen
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Naive
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lacking sophistication or experience
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Obstinate
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stubborn, unyielding
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Onerous
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troublesome and oppressive; burdensome
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Permeate
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to penetrate
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Plethora
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excess
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Satiate
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to satisfy fully or overindulge
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Stigma
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a mark of shame or discredit
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Tacit
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done without using words
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Venerate
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to respect deeply
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Vex
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to annoy
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Waver
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to fluctuate between choices
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