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100 Cards in this Set
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Fledgling
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New and untried; inexperienced
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Opulence
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Luxury; great wealth
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Proximity
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Closeness
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Hackneyed
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Overused; stale; trite
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Unassailable
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Impossible to deny or disprove
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Voluminous
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Big; bulky
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Supplant
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To take the place of
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Affinity
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A natural attraction or liking
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Sagacious
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Wise; sensible
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Incessant
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Constant; without stopping
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Misanthrope
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A person who hates or distrusts humankind
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Progeny
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Children; descendants
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Effervescent
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Bubbling with high spirits; exhilarated
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Dispassionate
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Not influenced by emotion; impartial
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Brusque
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Rudely abrupt; curt
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Nonchalance
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Casual indifference; lack of concern
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Stoic
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Seemingly unaffected by pain or discomfort
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Voracious
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Consuming or eager to consume large amounts; insatiable; ravenous
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Morose
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Very gloomy; ill-tempered
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Parsimonious
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Too thrifty; stingy; miserly
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Prodigal
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Wasteful and reckless with money
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Exuberance
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High-spirited enthusiasm
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Writhe
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To the twist and turn, as in pain or discomfort; to move with a twisting motion
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Decadence
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A condition or moral deterioration; decay
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Exemplary
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Worthy of imitation; praiseworthy
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Insolvent
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Unable to pay debts; penniless
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Coalesce
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To merge together to form one whole; unite; combine
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Surreptitious
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Done in a secret or sly way; stealthy
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Incidental
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Occurring as a minor consequence of something more important
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Querulous
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Complaining; whining
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Lampoon
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To attack or ridicule through humorous imitation; spoof
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Reproach
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Blame; a rebuke
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Brevity
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Briefness; shortness of duration
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Torpor
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A state of mental or physical inactivity; sluggishness
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Heist
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An act of stealing; robbery
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Frivolous
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Not sensible; not properly serious; silly
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Clemency
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Mercy in judging; leniency
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Unscathed
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Not harmed or injured
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Respite
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A short period of rest or relief; time out
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Levity
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Lightness of manner or speech; humor; silliness
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Meander
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To move aimlessly; wander lazily; move along a winding course
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Peripheral
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Of minor importance; only slightly connected with what is essential; irrelevant
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Vacillate
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To go back and forth, mentally, from one alternative to another; hesitate
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Eloquent
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Extremely expressive and persuasive
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Unobtrusive
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Not readily noticeable or eye-catching; inconspicuous
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Jargon
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The specialized language of people in the same profession
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Substantiate
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To prove the truth of; confirm; verify
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Dearth
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A scarcity; lack
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Copious
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Abundant; in plentiful supply
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Hinderance
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An obstacle; impediment
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Cognizant
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Aware
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Expedient
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Self-serving; convenient
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Lavish
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Extravagant
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Negligent
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Careless; irresponsible; casual
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Scrutinize
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To examine carefully
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Kindle
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To stir up; arouse
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Appall
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To horrify; dismay
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Ludicrous
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Laughable
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Commiserate
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To sympathize; express compassion
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Duplicity
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Deliberate deceptiveness; deceit
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Equivocal
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Open to more than one interpretation and often intended to mislead
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Uniform
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All or always the same; without variety
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Contract
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To reduce in size; become compressed
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Clamor
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A loud outcry; hubbub
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Untenable
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Unable to be held or defended; insupportable
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Stagnant
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Not moving; not flowing; motionless
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Vilify
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To make abusive statements about
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Rescind
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To repeal; take back
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Irresolute
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Uncertain how to think or act; undecided
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Apocryphal
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Of doubtful authenticity; not genuine
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Desultory
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Moving from one thing to another in an unplanned way
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Loquacious
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Very talkative
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Affable
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Friendly; easy to get along with
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Irascible
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Easily angered; irritable
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Opaque
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Difficult to understand or explain; obscure; incomprehensible
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Recapitulate
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To summarize or repeat briefly
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Obtuse
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Slow to understand; dull
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Paucity
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A scarcity; an insufficiency
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Garbled
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Mixed up to such an extent as to be misleading or incomprehensible
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Indefatigable
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Untiring
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Accolade
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Praise
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Edifice
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A building, especially of large, imposing size
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Infraction
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A breaking of a law or rule
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Diatribe
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A bitter, abusively critical speech or piece of writing; denunciation
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Assuage
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To relieve; lessen
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Somber
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Solemn; sad and depressing; melancholy
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Censure
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Blame; a rebuke
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Gravity
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Severity; weighty importance
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Profane
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Showing disrespect or contempt for sacred things; irreverent
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Cacophony
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Harsh, discordant sounds
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Enmity
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Hatred
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Peruse
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To examine; read with great care
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Erroneous
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Mistaken; in error
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Recluse
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A person who leads a solitary life; someone who withdraws from others
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Blasphemy
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Disrespect toward something sacred or important; irreverence
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Renounce
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To reject; cast off; disown
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Languish
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To lose strength; fail in health; be weak
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Incite
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To stir up
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Heretic
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A person who holds unpopular or unaccepted beliefs; dissenter; nonconformist
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Garner
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To collect
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