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98 Cards in this Set
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acrimonious
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Bitter or Sharp language/tone
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aegis
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sponsorship
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affect
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to influence
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affix
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to attach a part to the beginning or end of a word
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amends
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Compensation for a wrong
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analogous
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A comparison (adj)
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antithesis
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the direct opposite
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apprehensive
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Anxious or uneasy
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austerity
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Severe/rigid restrictions
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autonomy
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Independence, self determination
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Banter
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Converse in playful/teasing way
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Beguile
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To charm
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benevolent
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with kind intentions
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brazen
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bold, rude, defiant
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caricature
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a comic exaggeration
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categorical
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without exception
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coinage
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newly invented word
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colloquial
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Conversational
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commensurate
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Corresponding in size or degree
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complaisant
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Wanting to please
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Conciliatory
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Peacemaking, appeasing
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Conclusive
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Decisive
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congruence
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agreement, harmony, correspondence
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Debunk
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To expose or make fun of a false claim
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Decorum
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Appropriate Behavior
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Demeanor
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Manner of behavior
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deprivaton
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A lack of necessary items
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derogatory
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Insulting, Belittling
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Despot
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A ruler with absolute power
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didactic
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Intended to teach
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diligence
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Persistent hard work
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diminutive
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A suffix denoting smallness, youth, familiarty, affection, or contempt
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disparage
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To speak of in a disrespectful way
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docile
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gentle, tame
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dubious
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doubtful
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effect
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a result
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Elucidate
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to make clear
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emigrate
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To leave one's country
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erudited
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Possessing great knowledge and scholarship
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Esoteric
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Understood by an elite group
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exorbitance
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An extreme, unreasonable expense or price
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extricate
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To free from entanglement
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facetious
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Playfully joking
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Feral
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Untamed
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Finicky
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Difficult to please
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Flamboyant
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Flashy, Vivid
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flippant
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Rudely Witty
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Grandiose
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Pretending to be important
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Gratuitous
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Not needed, unjustified
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hegemony
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dominance of one group over others
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heterogeneous
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Varied
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Hilarity
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great cheer, joy
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Homogeneous
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Uniform, Same
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ignoble
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Dishonorable
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Imbue
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To inspire or influence thoroughly
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importune
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To annoy with repeated requests
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imprudent
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unwise
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impugn
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to attack or challenge as false
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indeterminate
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Vague
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indigent
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Impoverished, Poor
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Indoctrinate
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To insturct in certain principles or idealogies
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Innuendo
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An indirect or subtle expression of something
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Intemperate
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Lacking moderation, Excessive
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intrepid
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fearless
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ludicrous
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Utterly absurd
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Mirth
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Good spirits
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Mitigate
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to make less severe
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mores
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customs of behavior
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multifarious
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Having great variety
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Munificent
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Generous in Giving
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Opulence
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Great wealth or abundance
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Oxymoron
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an expression that contradicts itself
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Palindrome
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Word spelled same forward and backward
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patronize
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To treat as inferior
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Pecuniary
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having to do with money
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pormanteau word
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one word made by combining parts of two others
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precarious
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Dangerous, unstable
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precede
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To come before
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profligate
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recklessly wasteful
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provincial
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unsophisticated
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pundit
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A person of great learning about a particular topic
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Qualm
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A sense of uneasiness
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recession
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The act of withdrawing or going back
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Remunerate
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to compensate for something
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Satiate
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To fully Satisfy
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slovenly
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Untidy
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Solvent
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Able to pay one's debts
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Sovereign
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A king or queen
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strident
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shrill, harsh, loud, grating
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surfeit
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An excess amount
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tantamount
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Equivalent in effect or value
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tentative
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uncertain, provisional
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trepidation
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anxiety
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Unequivocal
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Perfectly clear
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unseemly
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inappropriate
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Usurp
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To take hold by force
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vacillate
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To swing indecisively between opions or actions
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Vilify
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to slander
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