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40 Cards in this Set
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Elusive
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hard to pin down; evasive
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Efface
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to erase; to rub away the features of
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taciturn
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untalkative by nature
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Ameliorate
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to make better or more tolerable
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Acquiesce
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to give in; to agree
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Atrophy
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to waste away from lack of use
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Dubious
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doubtful; uncertain
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Flagrant
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shocking; outstandingly bad
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Concise
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brief and to the point; succinct
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Immutable
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unchnageable; permanent
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Static
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stationary; not changing or moving (no radio fuzz)
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Credulous
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believing; gullible
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Blasphemy
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irreverence; an insult to something held sacred; profanity
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Coalece
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to come together as one; to fuse; to unite
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Lax
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careless; not diligent; relaxed
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Cryptic
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mysterious; mystifying
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Levity
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lightness; frivolity; unseriousness
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Ambivalent
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undecided; blowing hot and cold
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Innate
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existing since birth; inborn; inherent
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Sycophant
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one who sucks up to others
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Amiable
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friendly
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Esoteric
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hard to understand; understood by only a select few; peculiar
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Extraneous
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irrelevant; extra; unnecessary; unimportant
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Tedious
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boring
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Caustic
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like acid; corrosive
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Inadvertent
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lax; careless; without intention
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Exhaustive
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thorough; complete
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Incongruous
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not harmonious; not consistent; not appropriate
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Belittle
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to make seem little
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Unprecedented
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Happening for the first time; novel; never seen before
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Digress
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to go off the subject
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Appease
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to soothe; to pacify by giving in to
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Frivolous
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not serious; not solemn; with levity
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Instigate
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to provoke; to stir up
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Sage
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wise; possessing wisdom derived from experience or learing
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Predecessor
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someone or something that came before another
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Jeopardy
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danger
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Tangible
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touchable; palpable
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Indulgent
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lenient; yielding to desire
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Remorse
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sadness; regret
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