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20 Cards in this Set
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Animosity
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strong dislike; bitter hostility
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Apathy
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a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest
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Apprehensive
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fearful or anxious, especially about the future
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Commend
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to praise, express approval; to present as worthy of attention; to commit to the care of
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Compatible
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able to get along or work well together; capable of use with some other model or system
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Condolence
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an expression of sympathy
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Consecrate
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to make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose
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Decrepit
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old and feeble; worn-out, ruined
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Deride
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ro ridicule, laugh at with contempt
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Ingenuous
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innocent, simple; frank, sincere
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Multifarious
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having great variety; numerous and diverse
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Obsolete
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out-of-date, no longer in use
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Omnivorous
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eating every kind of food; eagerly taking in everything, having a wide variety of tastes
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Parsimonious
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stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small
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Quandary
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a state of perplexity or doubt
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Recalcitrant
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stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority
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Reprisal
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an injury done in return for injury
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Revel
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to take great pleasure in; a wild celebration
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Stultify
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to make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on
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Suave
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smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses
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