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60 Cards in this Set
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abate
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to become less intense, to subside, or to diminish the amount or significance
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abject
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brought low in status, being of the most wretched kind
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arbitrary
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determined by impulse or chance, and not by rational thought or prinicple
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attribute
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to relate to a certain source; characteristic of someone or something
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augment
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to make greater in size or quantity, increase
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belligerent
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inclined to fight
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brawn
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muscular strength and pwoer
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buttress
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to reinforce or support
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contend
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to assert claim;to struggle, strive against difficulties or compete
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contentious
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likely to cause a fight
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curtail
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to cut short, abbreviate
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defame
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to damage someones reputation with lies and false reports
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diligent
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marked by a great deal of steady effort, hardworking
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dissipate
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to scatter or drive away, or to reduce to the point of disappearing
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dubious
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causing doubt or full of doubt;questionable in character
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elated
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extremely joyful or proud
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exemplify
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to serve as an example of
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expedient
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practical, serving to promote one's own interest rather than a principle, self-serving
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extant
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still in existence and standing out,not extinct
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fluctuate
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to shift or vary, or to rise and fall as in waves
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forsake
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to give up or abandonsometing
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furtive
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secretive or sneaky
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genre
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a type or class of something
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grandiose
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characterized by greatness;egotistical, showy
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hackneyed
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commonplace and overused, boring
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hierarchy
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categorization of a group of people based on status or ability
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impair
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to injure, or to cause something to diminish
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innovation
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something newly introduced
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irresolute
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unsure how to act or proceed about something, weak, indecisive
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judicious
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having sound, judgement ,prudent,wise
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maladroit
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clumsy,marked by a lack of skill
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listless
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lacking energy or not wanting to exert effort
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momentous
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of utmost importance or significance
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mutability
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the ability to change frequently
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nebulous
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vague, lacking form or limits, cloudly
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nonentity
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a person regarded as completely insignificant or unimportant, nonexistence
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obdurate
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stubborn, not giving in to outside persuasion
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nefarious
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infamous by way of being very wicked
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opportunist
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a person who selfishly takes advantage of an opportunity without regard for principles
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petulant
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unreasonably irritable, peevish
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prolific
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producing offspring or works in great abundance, very productive
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proximity
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the state of being very near to something
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quiescent
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being inactive or at rest
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restraint
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self-control
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retract
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to take back or in disavow
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rigorous
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characterized by harshness or toughness
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saturate
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to soak or fill something to capacity
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somber
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dark and gloomy
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stagnant
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not flowing or moving
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substantial
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having much substance, real
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sycophant
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a selfish person who seeks to advance himself by pleasing influential people
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tenacity
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to quality of holding on persistently to something
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tentative
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hesitant, unsure;not fully worked out or concluded
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terse
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brief and to the point
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unprecedented
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without previous example,unheard of
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unwieldy
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difficult to carry or manage
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viable
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capable of success, practical
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virulent
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extremely infectious or poisonous
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voluble
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talkative
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wane
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to decrease gradually in size or amount
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