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100 Cards in this Set
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abstemious
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moderate, sparing, temperate
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censurable
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deserving blame/correction,
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contingent
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conditional, dependent, detachment
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corroborate
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confirm, bolster, substantiate, refute
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denizen
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inhabitant, resident, dweller
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discursive
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digressive, diffuse, wandering
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disseminate
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scatter, spread widely
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dowdy
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poorly dressed, shabby, frumpy, drab
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florid
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highly colored, showy, ruddy, frilly
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foist
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pass off, palm off, fob off
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gauche
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awkward, tactless, inept,
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heresy
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opinion different from accepted beliefs
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inculcate
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impress on the mind by repetition, instill, implant
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palpable
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easily seen, tangible, plain, obvious
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perceptive
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having sympathetic insight/understanding, observant
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pernicious
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extremely harmful, deadly, fatal
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salient
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leaping, jumping, notable,
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satiate
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satisfy, cloy, gorge
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sear
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char, scorch, harden, parch
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specious
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deceptive, sophistic, casuistic
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absolve
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clear from blame, acquit, vindicate
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caricature
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representation, cartoon, parody
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clangor
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loud ringing sound, din, clamor, uproar
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contiguous
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side by side, touching,abutting
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cupidity
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greed, craving, lust
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deleterious
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harmful, injurious
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enhance
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raise to a higher degree, improve, magnify
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enthrall
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captivate, charm, fascinate, attract
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extenuate
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lessen the seriousness, diminish
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implicit
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implied tacit, unspoken
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incisive
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sharp, keen, acute,
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ostentatious
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flashy, overdone, flamboyant
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paradon
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model of excellence, exemplar, ideal,
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paraphrase
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restate in other words
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politic
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prudent, tactful,
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prosaic
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dull, commonplace, literal
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redundant
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extra, excess, wordy, verbose
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santimonious
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insincere, making a show of something
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scintillating
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sparkling, twinkling
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winsome
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charming, attractive, winning
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abet
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encourage, hamper, hinder
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aver
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affirm, declare, assert
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blatant
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noisy in a corase, offensive way, flagrant
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broach
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bring up to talk about
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buttress
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support, bolster, reinforce
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carousal
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noisy merrymaking, binge
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collate
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compare critically, sort out, rearrange
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connoisseur
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expert
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disconsolate
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deeply unhappy, without hope,
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encumber
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weigh down
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foment
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promote trouble or rebellion
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grisly
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ghastly, gory
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herculean
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relating to hercules, dificult, mighty,
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impassive
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showing no feelings, stoical
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inauspicious
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unfavorable, unlucky
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incontrovertible
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unquiestionable
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nunplussed
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confused, puzzled
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opportune
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suitable, timly, felicitous
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prolific
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abundant, fruitful
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rejoiner
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reply to a reply, answer
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amenable
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willing to follow advice, compliant
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berate
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scold sharply
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carnage
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buthcery, massacre
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credulous
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gullible,
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criterion
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rule, test, yardstick, gauge
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deplete
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exhaust, empty,
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expatiate
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expand on, elaborate
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extraneous
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coming from the outside, extrinsic
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inception
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beginning, start, outset
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infirmity
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weakness, affliction, malady
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jejune
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lacking in nuritive value
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obdurate
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stubborn unyeilding
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potpourri
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a collection of diverse items, farrage, medley
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precocious
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forward, gifted
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sadistic
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brutal, inhuman, fiendish
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sententious
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self-righteous, moralistic
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supplicate
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beg earnestly, humbly, plead
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surfeit
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excess, glut, satiate
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tortuous
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winding, twisted, crooked,
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turgid
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swolled, bloated, inflated,
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adamant
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firm in purpose, obdurate, flexible
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brouhaha
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commotion, furor
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bulwark
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citadel, stronghold, defense
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choleric
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easity made angry
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cloy
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spoil, destroy, stimulate
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curtail
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cut short, limit, abridge
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deference
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respect, courtesy
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definitive
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conclusive, final
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demeanor
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behavior, conduct
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enigmatic
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puzzling, mysterious
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impromptu
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without preparation, spontaneous, unrehearsed
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mawkish
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excessively sentimental, mushy
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mollify
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soften, pacify, enrage
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onus
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burden, duty
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presentiment
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forboding, hunch
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remit
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pay, abate, absolve
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profilgate
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prodigal, spendthrift
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requisite
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needed, required, incumbent
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sartorial
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a tailor and his work
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thwart
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prevent, foil
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