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32 Cards in this Set
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ABASE
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to humilitate, degrade
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ALLAY
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to reduce the intensity of
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ADROIT
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skillful
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ANTITHESIS
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direct opposite
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ASTUTE
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shrewd
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BANAL
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meaningless; commonplace
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CAJOLE
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to coax
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CHIDE
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to scold
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CONCOMITANT
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accompanying
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COROLLARY
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inference; result
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DELETERIOUS
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harmful
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DILIGENT
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industrious
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DOUR
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gloomy
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ENSCONCE
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to place securely
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FABRICATE
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to construct; to devise (a deception)
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FURTIVE
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stealthy; foxy
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INIQUITOUS
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unjust
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LETHARGIC
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sluggish
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MENIAL
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servile; low
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NIGGARDLY
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stingy
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OSTRACIZE
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to banish
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PERFIDIOUS
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treacherous
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PLACID
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calm
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PROFLIGATE
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shamelessly immoral; extremely wasteful
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PROSODY
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study of poetic meters and versification
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RECONDITE
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concealed; profound
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ROTUND
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round
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SCURRILOUS
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abusive; coarse
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SPORADIC
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infrequent; irregular
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SURREPTITIOUS
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acting in a secret, stealthy way
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TORRID
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very hot; scorching
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VACILLATE
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to sway to and fro; to show indecision
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