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59 Cards in this Set
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To gently but earnestly scold
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Admonish
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To surrender under specified conditions
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Capitulate
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Courteous respect
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Deference
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Marked by shame
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Ignominious
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Inactivity
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Lethargy
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Unselfish
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Magnanimous
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Something that does not exist
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Nonentity
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A person with exceptional talent
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Prodigy
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To seize by force
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Usurp
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Having great size
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Voluminous
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Deviating form the norm
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Aberrant
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Ill-Tempered
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Cantankerous
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Indiscreet acts
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Indiscretion
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Long life
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Longevity
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Lacking distinctive qualities
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Nondescript
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The state of being near
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Proimity
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Ones who are seemingly indifferent
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Stoic
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A visible trace os smething that once existed
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Vestige
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To persuade by flattery
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Wheedle
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Liking
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Affinity
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Appease
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Conciliate
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Vile
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Despicable
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Carried out with no preparation
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Extemporaneous
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To cause to become trite
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Hackney
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An unfair demand
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Imposition
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Made it look like one's own
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Plagiarize
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Being quiet
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Quiescent
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Effects an improvement
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Salutary
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Oscillates
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Vacillate
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Of or concerning the appreciation of beauty
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Aesthetic
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To go around
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Circumvent
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The way in which a person behaves. Good or bad
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Demeanor
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To explain in detail
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Expound
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To accustom by frequent repetition
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Habituate
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Unlawful
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Illicit
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To present throughout
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Pervade
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Functioning as a receiver
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Recipient
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Prominent
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Salient
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Practical
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Utilitarian
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Skill in making correct decisions
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Acumen
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Intentinally unkind
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Caustic
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To pay
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Defray
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A short saying or poem which expresses an idea cleverl and amusingly
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Epigram
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Used not with their basic factual meaning but to suggest part of that meaning
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Figurative
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An actin which shows that you have no respect for that official opinion
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Heresy
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Bad but impossible to change or improve
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Incorrigible
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Lacking energy, effort or enthusiasm
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Languid
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Having enough power to be able to do anything that is desired
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Omniptent
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Causing or having a particularly sharp feeling of sadness
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Poignant
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Sticky
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Adherent
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To state that which is typical of something
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Characterize
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To laugh at (someone or something) in a way which shows you think they are ridiculous or of no value
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Deride
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Not serious about a serious subject
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Flippant
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Never stopping
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Incessant
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Officiall having the named position
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Incumbent
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A system for naming things
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Nomenclature
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A lack of the basic things that are necessary for an acceptable standard of living
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Privation
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To make subservient
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Subjugate
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Not direct or simple
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Tortuous
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