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25 Cards in this Set
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Abroit
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Shrewd, resourceful
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Archaic
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belonging to an earlier time
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Ascendancy
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Controlling influence, domination
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Assuage
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to make (as pain or grief) less, alleviate.
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Auspicious
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promising success, favorable.
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Conciliate
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to bring into agreement, reconcile.
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Disparity
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Distinct in quality or functioning.
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Dormant
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Not actively growing or functioning.
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Exorcise
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to free of an evil spirit by seldom command.
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Extraneous
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coming from without, irrelevant.
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Impecunious
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having little or no money.
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Interminable
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Endless
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Intractable
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obstinate, not easily controlled.
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Irascible
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Easily provoked anger and marked by hot temper.
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Irresolute
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Uncertain how to act or proceed.
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Predilection
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a favorable inclination
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Prescient
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foreknowledge of events, foresight.
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Prodigy
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Extraordinary, wonder, highly talented child.
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Promontory
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a point of land jutting the sea, headland.
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Prosaic
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lacking imagination or excitement.
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Pugnacious
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fond of fighting, combative.
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Symmetry
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balance, harmony.
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Synthesis
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combination of elements or parts into a whole.
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Vituperation
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lengthy, harsh criticism, or abuse.
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Zenith
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the highest point, the point in the heavens directly overhead
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