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100 Cards in this Set
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Detriment
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A disadvantage
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Dextrous
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Skilled
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Discretion
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Good sense
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Facetious
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Funny
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Gregarious
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Outgoing
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Optimum
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Ideal
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Ostentatious
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Showy
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Scrupulous
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Ethical
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Sensory
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Of the senses
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Viacious
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Indirect
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Collaborate
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To act as a team
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Despondent
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Depressed
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Instigate
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To cause
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Resilient
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Quick to recover
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Retrospect
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Looking back
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Rudimentary
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Basic
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Scoff
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To laugh at
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Squelch
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To hold back
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Venerate
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To honor
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Zealot
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An extremist
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Ambiguous
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Unclear
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Dissident
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A rebel
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Embellish
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To decorate
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Fritter
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To waste
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Inadvertent
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Not intended
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Inane
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Silly
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Juxtapose
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To put side by side
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Lethargy
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Weariness
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Sporadic
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Irregular
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Subsidize
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To pay for
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Berate
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To scold angrily
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Estrange
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To drive away
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Euphoric
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Very happy
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Impetuous
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Impulsive
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Infallible
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Perfect
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Maudlin
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Overly emotional
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Regress
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To go backward
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Relinquish
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To give up
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Ubiquitous
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Found everywhere
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Zenith
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The highest point
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Charlatan
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A con artist
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Corroborate
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To support
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Disseminate
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To spread
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Diverge
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To separate
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Dormant
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Not active
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Hoist
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To raise
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Illicit
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Unlawful
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Irrevocable
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Not reversible
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Precipitate
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To bring on
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Proliferation
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A rapid increase
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Equivocate
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To be unclear
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Fortuitous
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Accidental
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Impeccable
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Flawless
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Liaison
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A link
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Predisposed
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Likely
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Propensity
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An inclination
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Reprehensible
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Shameful
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Sham
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Something false
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Solace
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Relief
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Solicitous
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Attentive
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Attrition
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A natural loss of individuals
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Circumvent
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To avoid
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Cohesive
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Connected
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Greivous
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Terrible
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Inundate
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To flood
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Oblivious
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Not noticing
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Reticent
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Quiet
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Robust
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Strong and well
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Sanction
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To grant approval of
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Vociferous
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Loud
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Bolster
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To support
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Depreciate
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To become less valuable
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Indiscriminate
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Not selective
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Inquisitive
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Questioning
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Nebulous
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Indefinite
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Relegate
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To send
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Replete
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Filled
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Sedentary
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Involving much sitting
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Tenet
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A principle
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Terse
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Short
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Autonomy
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Freedom from control
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Bureaucratic
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Over–regulated
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Mandate
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Official permission
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Ostracize
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To reject
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Raucous
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Disorderly
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Recourse
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A choice
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Reiterate
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To repeat
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Tantamount
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Just like
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Tenacious
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Grasping strongly
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Utopia
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Paradise
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Clandestine
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Secret
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Contingency
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A possibility
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Egocentric
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Selfish
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Exonerate
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To be found innocent
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Incongruous
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Contradictory
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Indiginous
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Native
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Liability
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A handicap
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Prolific
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Creating abundantly
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Reinstate
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To put back
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Superfluous
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Unneccessary
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