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50 Cards in this Set
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Abstemious
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moderate in eating and drinking
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Abtruse
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Hard to comprehend
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Astute
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Shrewdly observant
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Aversion
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A strong distate for
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diminutive
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Little
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Eclectic
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Lacking in diversity
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Extraneous
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Unrelated
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Hardy
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Hardhearted
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Intractable
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uncontrollable
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Soporific
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Causing drowsiness
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Abstract
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Vague
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Archaic
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Old fashioned
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Engender
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To begin
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Erudite
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Learned
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Fervor
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Passion
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Iconoclast
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A rebel
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Laudable
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admirable
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Painstaking
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Painful
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Pompous
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Self important
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renown
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Reputation
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Convival
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Sociable
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equanimity
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Calmness
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Lassitude
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Illness
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Listless
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Lonely
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Molify
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To calm down
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paradigm
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A form to follow
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Profusion
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A great quantity
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Recalcitrant
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disobedient
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Resigned
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Consenting without protest
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Surmise
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To express surprise
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Ambivalence
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Conflicting attitudes
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anomally
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An abnormality
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Biased
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Having a preconcieved opinion
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Credulous
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too trustful
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Despot
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An oppressive ruler
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Incipient
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Coming into existence
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Nefarious
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Evil
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Prodigious
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Huge
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servile
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Acting like a slave
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Temper
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to tone down
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Ardulous
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Demanding great effort
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Ascetic
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Self-denying
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Blithe
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Joyful
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Deprecate
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To look down on
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Didactic
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Educational
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Eulogy
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A statement of praise
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Gratuitous
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unnecessary
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Raze
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To wreck
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Tawdry
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Sleazy
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Unimpeachable
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Without fault
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