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33 Cards in this Set
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Affable
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friendly, easy to approach
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Antagonist
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foe, opponent, adversary
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Camaraderie
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trust, sociability among friends
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Empathy
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identification with the feelings of others
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Misanthropic
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characterized by hatred or scorn for humankind
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Deleterious
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harmful, destructive, detrimental
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Mitigate
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to soften or make milder
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Placid
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undisturbed, calm, quiet
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Provocative
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tending to provoke a response, e.g., anger or disagreement
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Rancorous
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bitter, hateful
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Querulous
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complaining, irritable
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Reclusive
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preferring to live in isolation
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Winsom
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charming, happily engaging
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Abdicate
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to cast off, to discard
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Desecrate
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to treat disrespectfully, irreverently or outrageously
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Enigma
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something hard to understand or explain
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Mollify
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to sooth in temper or disposition
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Paradigm
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example, pattern; especially: an outstandingly clear or typical example
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Reiterate
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to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect
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Digress
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to turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument
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Flagrant
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conspicuously offensive
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Inundate
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to overwhelm
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Obliterate
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to remove utterly from recognition of memory
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Surmise
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to imagine of infer on slight grounds
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Transient
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passing especially quickly into and out of existence
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Anomaly
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something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified
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Banal
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the complete absence of freshness, novelty or immediacy
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Inane
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a lack of any significant or convincing quality
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Jejune
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lacking knowledge or experience; uninformed
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Moot (adj)
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open to question: debatable; deprived of practical significance
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Prevaricate
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to deviate from the truth
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Satiate
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to satisfy (as a need or desire) fully or to excess
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Sophomoric
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conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed, jejune
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