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30 Cards in this Set
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pedestrian
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ordinary or dull
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bona fide
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in good faith
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adventitious
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accidental; nonessential
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fecund
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fertile;productive
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deviate
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to turn aside from a course; to stray
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obfuscate
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to confuse; to bewilder
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impale
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to pierce with a sharp stake through the body
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extenuate
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to lessen seriousness by providing partial excuses
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parochial
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local; limited; narrow
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glower
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to stare angrily
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edify
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improve someone morally
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ambiguous
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open to more than one interpretation
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cataclysm
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a violent change
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optimum
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best; most favorable; ideal
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importune
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to ask persistantly; to beg
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celibate
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abstaining from intercourse; unmarried
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fortuitous
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happening by chance or accident
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recapitulate
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to summarize; tp repeat briefly
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perfunctory
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done without care; in a routine fashion
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baroque
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overly decorated
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hedonism
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pursuit of pleasure, especially of the senses
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obloquy
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strong disapproval; a bad reputation resulting from public criticism
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debacle
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a complete failure; a total collapse
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quasi-
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resembling; seeming; half
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besmirch
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to make dirty; to stain
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imperative
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extremely necessary; vitally important
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sacrosanct
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extremely holy
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sadistic
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deriving pleasure form inflicting pain on others
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demeanor
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behavior; manner of conducting oneself
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facetious
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comical; jocular; flippant
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