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70 Cards in this Set
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hot tempered
quick to anger |
choleric
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to become greater or add to
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augment
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non-stop
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incessant
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cheaply vulgar
disreputable |
raffish
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to remain or endure
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abide
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to speak or write evasively
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waffle
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fate
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kismet
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gradual reduction or weakening
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attrition
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in a secret, sly manner
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surrpetitious
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forcible expressive
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emphatic
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using language effectively & persusivily
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rhetoric
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extremely expressive
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eloquent
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strenuous physical or mental labor or effort
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travail
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lacking energy
showing little intrest in anything |
lanquid
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person who's never satisfied
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malcontent
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verbal denunciation
tirade |
philippic
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eager to offer unwanted advice or services
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officious
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cleansing with water, especially in religious ritual
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ablution
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brief and to the point
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terse
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bending easily and gracefully
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lithe
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a short pleasure trip
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jaunt
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to improve or intensify
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enhance
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to arrange strategically
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deploy
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to encourage or incite to action
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egg
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twist or bend in pain or embarrassment
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writhe
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troublesome
burdensome |
onerous
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tough, stubborn
not letting go |
tenacious
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to flinch or shrink back
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wince
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careful with small details
conscientius |
scrupulous
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bind, confine
pin down |
pinion
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to involve in argument or hostile action
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embroil
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to reduce or lessen
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abate
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excessively and objectionably sentimental
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mawkish
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to make ashamed or uneasy
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abash
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cautious
exercising good judgment |
prudent
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havn't an ambiguous or hidden meaning
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cryptic
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havin an insatiable appetite
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voracious
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enlgithtenment
instruction |
eddification
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indecision
experiencing contradictory emotions |
ambivalence
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to attribute to a specific cause, origin, or source
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ascribe
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take a risk for some advantage
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gambit
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continuous whole without division into parts
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continuum
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lying hidden
having hiden potential |
latent
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entusiasm
bubbling with excitment |
ebullience
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slight or trifling sin
minor offense |
peccadillo
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not genuine
false |
spurious
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are of public speaking
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elocution
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overly casual
having an arrogant disregard |
cavailer
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to cause to diminish in strength or quality
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impair
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straightfoward
open & sincere |
frank
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fearless
bold |
intrepid
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lacking
timid |
diffident
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having an authoritative, ofter arrogant, assertion of opinions or belief
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dogmatic
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management of the details of an operation
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logistics
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enjoys company of others
sociable |
gregarious
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ordinary
moving on foot |
pedestrian
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to measure our
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mete
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to physically fore someone to do something
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coerce
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having to do with artistic beauty
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aesthetic
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widespread or gerneral
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pandemic
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a mass departure
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exodus
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standing out
distinguished |
eminent
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charming
naturally peaceful |
ldyllic
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mass arrival or incoming
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influx
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different, varied
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diverse
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to make useless
cancel or undo |
nullify
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devout or virtuous
holy |
pious
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plentiful
abundant |
copious
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easily cheated or fooled
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gullible
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dead or rotting flesh
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carrion
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