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50 Cards in this Set
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Inexorable
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Not capable of being influenced; relentless
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Parochial
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Resricted to a narrow scope or outlook; narrow-minded
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satrical
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attacking human vice or foolishness through irony or wit
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enervate
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to weaken; rob of strength or energy
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irrifutable
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impossible to disprove
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pipue
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a feeling of resentment or anger becuase of wounded pride
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buoyont
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able to float or rise
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partisan
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strongly supporting a specific party, cause, or person
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marred
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made less perfect though injury or damage
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incorrigible
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uncontrollable; unmanagable; not capable of bieng corrected or reformed
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capitulate
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to give in
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reverent
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feling or expressing respect or awe
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prestigious
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having and honored name or reputation; having prestige
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stupor
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a state of mental numbness; a daze
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sycophant
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a person who trys to win favor through flattery
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zany
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widly silly or comical
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urbane
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smooth in manner; elegant; polished; suave
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premonition
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a feeling that something bad is going to happen
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egregious
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highly noticeable in a negative way; conspicuoulsy bad
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cajole
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to pursue with flattory to sweet talk
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composure
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calmness of mind; self possession
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formidable
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very chalanging; demanding
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abrration
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an oddity
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extol
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to praise highly; exalt
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elusive
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tending to escape; hard to catch a hold of or identify
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trepidation
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alarm or dread
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virulent
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very injurious; lethal; deadly
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precocious
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showing unusually early maturity or ability
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inscrutable
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difficult to interperat or understand; puzzling
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congenital
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existing from birth
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debilitate
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to deprive srength or energy of
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clairvoyant
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having the supposed power to see things not precived by the normal senses
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officous
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offering unwantedadvice; meddlesome
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preclude
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to make impossible or to prevent
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contigous
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sharing an edge or a boundary
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obliterrate
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to destroy or erase completaly
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spurn
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to reject or refuse with scorn
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taciturn
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habitually nontalkitiv; uncommunicative
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stealthy
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moving or acting in a cautious, depictive way
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accomidate
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to provvide with something needed; make or have room for
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defame
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to damage the good name or reputation
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grueling
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physically or mentally exhausting
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indoctrinate
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to teach the principles of a specific point of view
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submissive
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giving into the authority of others; obedient
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sullen
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quietly resentful; bitter
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thwart
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to oppose directly; to fustrate or defeat
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discordant
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lacking agreement; lacking harmony
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indict
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to charge with an offense; blame
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cordial
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warm and friendly
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wanton
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sensless
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