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72 Cards in this Set
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Adjunct
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an accessory, something added on
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Coalesce
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to come together
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Congeal
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to thinken, or change from a liquid to a solid
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Consensus
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an agreement
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Contiguous
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lying side by side
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Fission
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a splitting apart
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Fusion
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a joining together
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Integrate
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to bring together and make whole
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Juxapose
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to place side by side
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Pact
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a formal agreement between two countries; a bargain
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Rendezvous
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a meeting, usually secret
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Egress
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exit
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Epoch
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a period of time
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Intangible
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not able to be touched or sensed
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Polymorphous
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having many shapes
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Prolific
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fertile, very productive
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Scull
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a small rowboat or an oar for a rowboat
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Sporatic
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having no pattern or order
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Surrogate
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a substitute
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Variegated
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having many parts or colors
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Altruistic
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doing good for other
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Aspirant
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someone reaching for something
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Astute
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sharp, shrewd
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Benevolence
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goodness
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Aloof
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keeping a distance
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Banal
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unorginal and boring
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Belligerant
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hostile, warlike
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Browbeat
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to intimidate
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Choleric
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irritable
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Garrulous
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overly takative
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Incompetent
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lacking interest, dull, boring
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Ostentatious
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showy, pretentious
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Pedantic
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overly scholarly, boring
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Ravenous
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extremely hungry
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Sanctimonious
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acting morally superior, holier-than-thou
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Adverse
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unfavorable, opposed, going against
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Aggravate
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to make worse
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Assialable
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vulnerable
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Corpulent
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excessively overweight
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Founder
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to sink
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Impasse
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a deadlock, a point at which one can go no futher
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Incumbent
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someone who is currently holding a political position
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Insinuation
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a sneaky suggestion of something bad
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Mar
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to spoil, to mark
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Null
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zero value
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Repudiate
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to put down, to renounce
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Ruse
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a clever trick
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Sedate
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to calm, especially by use of a drug
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Slander
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a false and mean-spirited statement meant to injure someone
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Superfluous
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more than what is required or needed
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Clarity
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clearness
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Deft
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skillful
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Meticulous
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careful, paying attention to deatails
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Pious
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deeply relgious
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Abhor
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to hate or detest
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Deleterious
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harmful to one's health
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Disparge
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to critize or speak badly of
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Penurious
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extremely stingy or miserly
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Quandary
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a state of uncertainty
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Recuperate
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to heal or return to good health
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Salve
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somethign used to heal or soothe
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Cacophony
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jarring and unpleasing sounds
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Evanescence
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lasting for a short time, fading away gradually
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Mercurial
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characterized by rapid and unpredicable changes, fickle
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Volatile
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easily changeable, quick to explode
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Abstinance
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act or practice of refraining from indulging, especially from alcohol
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Capricious
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unpredictable and impulsive
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Contemptuous
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expressing disdain or extreme dislike
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Contentious
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inclined to fight or argue
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Feral
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wild and untamed
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Rancorous
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showing hatred or ill-will
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Staid
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straight and serious
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