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60 Cards in this Set
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accessible
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easily entered, approached, or obtained
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acclaim
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enthusiastic applause or praise
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acknowledge
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to admit the truth or existence of something
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acquiesce
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to comply without protest, agree
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acquire
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to gain possession of, to get
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affable
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easy to talk to, friendly
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ameliorate
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to make better, improve
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apprehension
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dread about the future, unease
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aversion
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a strong, intense dislike for something
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besiege
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to surround with forces
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braggart
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one given to loud boasting
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calculated
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undertaken after careful consideration of an outcome, deliberately planned
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adroit
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skillful
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chary
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very cautious, or giving only sparingly
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coincidence
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events that seemed to have been planned
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colleague
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a partner or coworker, fellow employee
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compute
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to determine an amount
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conviction
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a fixed belief,idea, or opinion;judgement passed when proven guilty
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depravity
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moral corruption
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deference
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showing honor to a deserving person;yielding to the opinion or judgement of another
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delineate
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to describe with words or gestures, to draw the outline of
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deterrent
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something that discourages someone or something
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devious
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sly,tricky, shifty;straying from the correct way of doing something
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diminution
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a decrease or reduction in something
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discordant
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unpleasant sounding or harsh , not in harmony
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discount
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minimize the importance of
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discredit
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to damage in reputation or cause to be distrusted
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divulge
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to make known
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equanimity
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the quality of being calm and balanced
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explicit
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clearly expressed
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flagrant
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blatantly offensive or reprehenisble
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galvanize
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to stimulate or arouse to action
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hypothetical
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coming from a hypothesis, not yet proven by evidence
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invert
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to turn inside out or upside down
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lurid
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causing shock or horror, gruesome
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monochromatic
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having or seeming to have only one color
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objective
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not influenced by personal prejudices
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obliterate
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to wipe out so as to leave not trace
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ominous
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menacing or threatening
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prevailing
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most common or widespread
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resolute
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firm unwavering
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retort
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to reply, especially in a quick witty manner
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revelation
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something revealed that was previously unknown, a dramtaicdiscosure
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revere
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to regard with awe and devotion
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soporific
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sleep-inducing
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supple
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bending easily
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supplicate
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to ask for humbly, to beg or pray for something
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surfeit
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to supply to excess, to beg or pray for something
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taint
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to make unclean, to corrupt morally, to cause to decay
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torpid
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lazy or dormant, lacking in energy
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unanimous
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sharping identical opinions, being completely in agreement
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unseemly
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not within the accepted standards of good taste, inappropriate
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unwitting
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not knowing or aware, unintended
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utility
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usefulness
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veiled
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covered
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vengeful
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having a desire to get revenge
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vitality
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physical or mental energy, power to survive
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wallow
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to roll the body around, clumsily;to indulge oneself or take luxurious pleasure
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wariness
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the quality of being cautious and watchful
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materialism
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high regard for worldly possesions
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