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91 Cards in this Set
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creed
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belief
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creduous
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inclined to believe
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tawdar
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cheap and showy, sleezy
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peevish
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irritable cross
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arduous
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very difficult, hard to accompolish
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personable
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attractive, appeasing in apperance
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resolute
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firmly determined or settled
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supposition
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an assumption
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arbitarory
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un-reasoned, based on personal feelings
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monotonous
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one continuous tone/ boring lacks variety
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legacy
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something handed down from the past
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credo, dogma
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set of beliefs
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garish
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cheap and showy
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vacillating
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wavering in ones opinion
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hypothesis
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based on ample evidence
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conjection
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based on little evidence
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supposection
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based on ample and/or little evidence
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arbiter arbitaratory
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judges, makes rational deceision
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bequest
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act of leaving behind in a will to someone
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dichotomy
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having two different sides
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-paraphrase
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to restate in different words
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-ostensible
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apparently or seeming to be true/ not proven
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-specious
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deceptive
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-digress
ingress egress desultory |
to wander ramble
in out rambling |
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-uncanny
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strange
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-candor
candid ingeniousness |
frankness
out spoken child like honesty |
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-morose
doloruse |
glum, depressed
mournful |
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-adept
adroit |
skilled
good with hands |
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-saturated
imbued |
soaked
filled with liquid |
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paragmatic
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practical
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conjection
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based on little evidence
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supposection
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based on ample and/or little evidence
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arbiter arbitaratory
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judges, makes rational deceision
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bequest
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act of leaving behind in a will to someone
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dichotomy
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having two different sides
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-paraphrase
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to restate in different words
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-ostensible
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apparently or seeming to be true/ not proven
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-specious
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deceptive
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-digress
ingress egress desultory |
to wander ramble
in out rambling |
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-uncanny
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strange
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-candor
candid ingeniousness |
frankness
out spoken child like honesty |
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-morose
doloruse |
glum, depressed
mournful |
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-adept
adroit |
skilled
good with hands |
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-saturated
imbued |
soaked
filled with liquid |
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paragmatic
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practical
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-congenial
harmonious |
agreeable/ go well together
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-luggarse
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mournful(extreme)
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-saturnine
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sour out look
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-sanguine
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cheerful
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-manifold
-multifarious -multitudinous |
numerous and varied
great variety consisting of a great number of people or things |
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-pliant
-intractable |
flexible, supple
difficult to manipulate |
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-retort
-rejoinder |
quick reply, witty
response to a retort |
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-obstinate
-hidebound -intarnsigent |
stubborn, unyielding
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-lacerate
-rend |
to tear, cut roughly
to mangle to tear |
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-omnipotent
-omnipresent, ubiquitous -omniscient |
all powerful, all mighty
present everywhere all knowing |
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-renaissance
-genesis |
revival/ renewal
process of coming into being |
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-warrant
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to justify, authorize
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oeurve
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lifework of a writer, artist or composer
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scrupols
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causes hesitation
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cantankerous
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difficult to deal with, quick to quarrel
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-contentious
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proven to argue
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-irascible
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quick temper
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-flippant
-impertinent |
disrespectful
inappropriate behavior at a bad time |
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-subjagate
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complete control, to concur, defeat completely
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-wry
-askey |
twisted, lop sided
out of line, distored |
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-urvane
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polished, sophisticated
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-jargon
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speech or writing that is very hard to understand
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-prudent
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cautious, spending carefully
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-circumspect
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catious
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-invioable
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sacred, untouchable
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-commodious
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spacious, having plenty of room
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-proximity
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nearness, closeness
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-sedate
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grave, solemn
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partentious
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showing off
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sotto voce
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speaking under the breath
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-unassailable
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not able to be questioned
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-capacious
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able to contain alot
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-capricious
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changing for no apparent reason
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-fickle
mercurial |
changing moods quickly
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-blatant
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noisy, unpleasantly noisy
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-obligatory
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required, necessary,
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-negligible
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unimportant, of little consequence
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-adamant
-adamantly |
unyielding, refusing to give in
not able to change |
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-inflexible
-implacable |
incapable of being appeased and flexible
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-sporadic
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irregular, happening from time to time
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-inconstant
incessant |
unremitting-persistent
non stop |
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-vanguard
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the forefront action of movement, leading position
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-concur
coincide |
to agree
act together |
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-aloof
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apart, withdrawn, at a distance
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-tacit
-reticent |
silent
not wishing to speak |
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precociousness
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early development of maturity (mental)
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