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43 Cards in this Set
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accede
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acquiesce
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allure
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beguile, tantalize
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casual, unconcerned, carefree, nonchalant, indifferent
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blithe
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discouraged, despondant, disconsolate
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crestfallen
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reticent, mum, taciturn, laconic, reserved
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garrulous
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pitied, deplorable, distressing, laudable
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lamentable
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assert, purport
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profess
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grandlioquent, tinny, reedy, harsh, grating
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sonorous
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laggards, cutting edge
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vangaurd
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loadfer, idler, profligate, skinflint, tightwad, miser
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wastrel
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insinuate, intimate
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allude
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insightful, discerning, unncanny, visionary, blind, unseeing, myopic, dense, imperceptive
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clairvoyant
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unsettled, provisional, indefinite, indisputable
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conclusive
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extraneous
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endemic
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sterling, illustrative, infamous, notorious, scandalous, disreputable
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exemplary
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plumb
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fathom
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chicanery, candor, artlessness, maivete, plain dealing
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guile
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recitude, probity, corruption, turpitude
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integrity
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disagreeable, repugnant, hateful, odious, pleasing, engaging, personable
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obnoxious
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satisfy, mollify, allay, conciliate, vex, exasperate, annoy
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placate
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undisturbed, quiet, serene, storym, turbulent, tempestuous
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placid
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formidable, feckless
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potent
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rationale, evasion
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pretext
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harsh, unrelieved, sheer, downright, grim, bleak, absolutely, birhgt, cheerful, embellished, ornate
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stark
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insubstantial, cusory, slapdash, exhaustive
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superficial
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forswear, recant, abstrain from, aver, profess
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adjure
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irritating, stinging, caustic, gentle, soothing
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acrid
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stately, dignified, exalted, venerable, humble, mean, lowly, abject
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august
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thick-skinned
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callous
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surrptitious
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clandestine
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scruple, qualsm, misgiving, contrition, shamelessness, insourciance, nonchalance
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compunction
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holocaust, deluge, flood
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conflaguration
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tickled pink, depressed, crestfallen, despondent, blue
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elated
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ephemeral
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indelible
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permissive, liberal, inflexible, hard-nosed
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indulgent
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persisting, dyed-in-the-wood, intermittent
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inveterate
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immaterial, material, apropos, germane
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irrelevant
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diurnal
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nocturnal
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cliche, truisn, bromide, epigram, quip, witticism, bon mot
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platitude
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inert, tranquil, thriving, volatile
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quiescent
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understood, implicit, explicit, express, specific
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tactic
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perceptible, palpable, immaterial, imperceptible, instubstantial
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tangible
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teling, scute, dull, bland, insipid, vapid, imperceptive
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trenchant
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