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127 Cards in this Set
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Aegis
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protection
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Succinct
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briefly and clearly expressed
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Auspicious
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favorable
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prevaricate
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mislead
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jaded
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dulled
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aloof
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reserved
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atone
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to make amends for
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jovial
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jolly
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lewd
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lustful
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saturnine
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gloomy
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patronage
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kindness done
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propitious
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favorable
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satiate
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to please
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expiate
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to put an end to
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salacious
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arousing sexual desire
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Aegis
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protection
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Succinct
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briefly and clearly expressed
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Auspicious
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favorable
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prevaricate
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mislead
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jaded
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dulled
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aloof
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reserved
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atone
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to make amends for
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jovial
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jolly
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lewd
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lustful
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saturnine
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gloomy
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patronage
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kindness done
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propitious
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favorable
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satiate
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to please
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expiate
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to put an end to
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salacious
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arousing sexual desire
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lascivious
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lustful
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compendious
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concise
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equivocate
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avoid the truth
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indifferant
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not bias
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jocular
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jolly
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lugubrius
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mournful
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curtail
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to shorten
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diffent
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no self confidence
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utopian
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perfect society
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haggard
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worn looking
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mercurial
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changeable
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havoc
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destructin
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scruple
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doubt
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mentor
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teacher
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travesty
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bad imitation
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hypocrisy
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pretending to be what one is not
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abridge
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to shorten but keeping substance
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truncate
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to cut off part of
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parody
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farcical imitation
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compunction
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disaster
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pedagogue
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teacher
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gaunt
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thin
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idealistic
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striving to achieve ones thoughts
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inflammatory
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rousing
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self effacing
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putting oneself away from life
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duplicity
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hypocritical deception
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sanctimony
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pretending to be pious
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augment
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become greater in size
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protract
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draw out
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resitution
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restoring something
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protege
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student
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hale
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sound in health
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jaunty
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short trip
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stolid
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having little emotion
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impudent
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unwise
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audacious
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fearlessly daring
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probity
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integrity
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zealous
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active
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candid
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honest
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posthumous
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occuring after death
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enthrall
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charm
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parasite
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person w/support without working
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chagrin
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embarrassment
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cant
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insincere talk
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ephemeral
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shortlived
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dexterous
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skillful
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sinister
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threatening
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vehement
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powerfull
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ardent
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glowing
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impartial
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fair
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postmortem
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after death
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enrapture
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to fill with delight
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sycophant
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self seeking flatterer
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platitude
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dull comment
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evanescent
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tending to vanish
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adroit
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showing skill
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malevolent
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arising from vicious will
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apathetic
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having lack of interest
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lackadaisical
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lacking spirit
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slothful
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lazy
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evasive
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inclined to escape cleverness
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elation
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proudness
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interminable
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tiresomely long
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inept
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not appropriate
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gauche
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lacking social polish
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innocuous
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harmless
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propitious
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favorable
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ignominy
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disgrace
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aboveboard
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honest
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anecdote
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brief story
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bedlam
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noisy confusion
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martinet
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stict disciplinarian
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indolent
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lazy
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meander
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wander aimlessly
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precocious
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advanced beyond ones age
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scapegoat
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someone blamed for faults of others
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shibboleth
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password
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infamy
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bad reputation
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opprobrium
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shame
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veracious
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truthful
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yarn
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story
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autocrat
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absolute ruler
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languid
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feeling week
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undulate
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rise and fall with wavelike motion
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prodigy
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person with talent
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dupe
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person easily tricked
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banality
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unoriginal
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adulation
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servile flattery
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surreptitious
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done by stealth
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furtive
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hidden
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serenity
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quality of being calm
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repose
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stops after motion
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egalitarian
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marked on social respect
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liberal
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open-minded
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assidious
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diligent
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malefactor
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evil doer
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witty
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wise
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