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100 Cards in this Set
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agree, comply
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acquiesce
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a purchase of something good or useful
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acquisition
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insight, sharpness
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acuity
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caution, scold
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admonish
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selflessness
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altruism
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vague, unclear, having a double meaning
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ambiguous
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of two minds
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ambivalent
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shapeless
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amorphous
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aversion, dislike
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antipathy
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ascetic, strict
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austere
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generous, benevolent
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beneficient
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tempo, pace
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cadence
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frankness
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candor
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impulsive, whimsical
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capricious
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evasive talk
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circumlocution
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cautious, guarded
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circumspect
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fuse, combine
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coalesce
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conversational, everyday speech
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colloquial
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pacifying, mollifying
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conciliatory
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arrogance, superciliousness
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condescension
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existing from birth
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congenital
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scornful
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contemptuous
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argumentative, controversial
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contentious
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period of recovery
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convalescence
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courteous respect
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deference
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prudence, careful judgment
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discretion
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rambling, digressive
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discursive
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scorn, contempt
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disdain
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exemption, distribution
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dispensation
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gushing, overenthusiastic
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effusive
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mournful
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elegiac
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blissful (fields of paradise in classical mythology)
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Elysian
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puzzle
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enigma
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an earnest request
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entreaty
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transitory, fleeting
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ephemeral
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of a short, clever, often paradoxical poem or saying
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epigrammatic
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mild or vague expression
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euphemism
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urge strongly
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exhort
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explanatory
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expository
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enthusiastic
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exuberant
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fertile, fruitful
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fecund
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pretended (v), artificial (adj)
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feigned
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glib, dismissive, lacking seriousness or proper respect
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flippant
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premonition (n), ominous (adj)
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foreboding
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trivial, inappropriately silly
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frivolous
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fluent but insincere and shallow
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glib
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reluctant
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grudging
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arrogant
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haughty
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honor, respect
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homage
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characteristic of a particular language
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idiomatic
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illegal
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illicit
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impenetrable, unaffected
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impervious
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just beginning
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incipient
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penetrating, clear and sharp
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incisive
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laziness
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indolence
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persuaded by influence or logic
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induced
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natural, inborn
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innate
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excessive, disorderly
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inordinate
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rude, impudent
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insolent
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using few words, concise
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laconic
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lethargy, weariness
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languor
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dormant, hidden
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latent
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high, elevated, exalted, haughty, proud
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lofty
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saad, gloomy, mournful
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lugubrious
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budding, emerging
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nascent
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all knowing
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omniscient
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narrowly or ostentatiously learned, unimaginative
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pedantic
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present throughout
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pervasive
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wicked, contrary
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perverse
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devout, reverent (ironic=hypocritically religious)
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pious
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pompous, showy, affected
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pretentious
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ancient (from the first age of the world)
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primeval
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depth, insight
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profundity
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careful, discreet
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prudent
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questioning, doubting
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querying
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disgust, revulsion
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repugnance
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criticism, rebuke, blame
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reproof
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reserve, discretion, holding back, not saying all one knows or feels
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reticence
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admire greatly, worship
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revere
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cynical, mocking
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sardonic
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misgiving, qualm (related to concern about the morality of an action)
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scruple
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worldly, not spiritual or sacred
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secular
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inciting to rebellion
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seditious
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abjectly submissive, slavish
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servile
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loud and harsh
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strident
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humbly imploring, a person who implores
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suppliant
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nourishment, livelihood
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sustenance
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cheap and gaudy
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tawdry
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brief, concise, abrupt, curt
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terse
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easily alarmed, timid
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timorous
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sluggishness, inactivity, apathy
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torpor
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surpassing others, lying beyong the ordinary rande of perception
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transcendent
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ephemeral, a traveler briefly passing through
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transient
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commonplace, pedestrian, hackneyed, cliched
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trite
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a final demand with dire consequences if ignored
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ultimatum
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incessant
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unremitting
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intensely emotional
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vehement
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vengeful
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vindictive
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showing masculine strength and vigor
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virile
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immoral or unchaste, reckless, cruel, unrestrained or excessive
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wanton
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