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45 Cards in this Set
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abstemious
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sparing or moderate in eating and drinking
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abstruse
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hard to understand; recondite; esoteric
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astute
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of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious
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aversion
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1. a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy
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diminutive
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small; little; tiny
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eclectic
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selecting or choosing from various sources
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extraneous
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introduced or coming from without; not belonging or proper to a thing; external; foreign
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hardy
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capable of enduring fatigue, hardship, exposure, etc.; sturdy; strong
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intractable
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not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate:
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soporific
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causing or tending to cause sleep.
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abstract
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thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances
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archaic
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marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated
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engender
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to produce, cause, or give rise to
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erudite
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characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly
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fervor
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great warmth and earnestness of feeling
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iconoclast
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a breaker or destroyer of images, esp. those set up for religious veneration
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laudable
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deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable
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painstaking
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taking or characterized by taking pains or trouble; expending or showing diligent care and effort; careful:
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pompous
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characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance
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renown
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widespread and high repute; fame.
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convivial
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friendly; agreeable:
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equanimity
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mental or emotional stability or composure, esp. under tension or strain; calmness; equilibrium.
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lassitude
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weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy; listlessness; languor
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listless
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having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless; indifferent
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mollify
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to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease
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paradigm
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a set of forms all of which contain a particular element, esp. the set of all inflected forms based on a single stem or theme
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profusion
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abundance; abundant quantity
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recalcitrant
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resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory
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resigned
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submissive or acquiescent.
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surmise
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to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess
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ambivalence
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uncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things
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anomaly
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a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form
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biased
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a particular tendency or inclination, esp. one that prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question; prejudice.
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credulous
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willing to believe or trust too readily, esp. without proper or adequate evidence; gullible
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despot
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a king or other ruler with absolute, unlimited power; autocrat
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incipient
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beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage
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nefarious
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extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous
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prodigious
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extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc
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servile
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slavishly submissive or obsequious
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temper
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a particular state of mind or feelings
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arduous
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requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult
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ascetic
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a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons
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blithe
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joyous, merry, or gay in disposition; glad; cheerful:
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deprecate
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to express earnest disapproval of
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didactic
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intended for instruction; instructive
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