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60 Cards in this Set
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Abase
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to degrade
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Abstracted
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removed in thought
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Abstruse
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difficult to conceal
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Acrid
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unpleasant
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Adulation
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extreme praise
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Aloof
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apart
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Apathy
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indifferent
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Austere
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stern
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Avarice
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greed
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Barbarism
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barbaric in context of words/language
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Benevolence
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Kindness
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Bourgeois
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Middle class
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Capitulate
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give up
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Clandestine
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secret
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collectivism
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group rule
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Communal
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of group possession
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Contempt
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feelings of regarding someone as inferior
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copious
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large amounts
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credulous
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willingness to believe, gullible
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cynical
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belief that people operate off greed alone
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daunt
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to discourage
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debauchery
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extreme indulgence in sensuality
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demur
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to voice opposition
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deprecate
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to express disapproval
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despotic
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wielding of absolute power
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desultory
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haphazard
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diminution
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the process of diminishing
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discretion
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freedom to judge
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disdain
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dislike for
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disrepute
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damage or loss of reputation
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Dissemination
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to disperse
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Divination
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foretelling future by magic
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Edifying
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instructing spiritually
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Emaciated
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thin, wasting away
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Empirical
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based on observations
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Equivocal
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intended to mislead
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Execrable
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extremely bad, deserving of hate
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Fallible
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capable of making an error
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Fanaticism
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zeal
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Forbearance
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patience
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Furtive
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done by stealth
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Hedonist
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pleasure seeker
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Hypocrite
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Deceitful
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Impudent
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disrespect
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Indefatigable
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tireless
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Indignation
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Wrath, anger as result of injustice
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Lassitude
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weariness
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Latent
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present but not visible
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Loiter
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linger, stay around
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Lurid
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Gruesome
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Malign
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utter misleading reports
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Meritorious
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Praise deserving
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Multifarious
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Having different parts, diverse
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Nebulous
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Hazy, lacking clarity of feature
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Oblique
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misleading
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Odious
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causing hatred
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Oligarchy
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group rule, elitist
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Partisan
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One who exhibits extreme alliegeance
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Philology
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study of literature
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Pretentious
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Outward show, flashy, extravagant
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