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25 Cards in this Set
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aesthetic
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relating or pertaining to sense of beauty or art
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aloof
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apart, indifferent
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Daunt
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to intimidate, to dismay
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archaic
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old, out of use,; ancient
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delibitate
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to weaken
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assuage
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to ease alleviate; sooth
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discord
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lack of agreement sap
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belie
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to contradict, to give false impression
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dissemination
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scattering, act of spreading wisely
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contentious
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quarrelsome, stirring controversy
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dogmatic
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strongly opinionated
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duplicity
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double-dealing
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ominous
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threatening
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egocentric
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self centered
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petulance
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unreasonanable touchiness or irritabillity
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euphemism
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substituion of an inoffensive term for one that is offensive
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pompous
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exaggerated
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gluttonous
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greedy for food and drink
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precocious
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exceptionally early in development or occurrence
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mundane
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ordinary, commonplace
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slothful
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lazy; indolent
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trivia
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insignificant
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verbose
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wordy, very talkative
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virulent
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extrmely poisonous; hateful
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volatile
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quickly changeable
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