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20 Cards in this Set
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AFFABLE
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COURTEOUS AND PLEASANT
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AGGRANDIZE
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TO INCREASE
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AMORPHUS
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SHAPELESS
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ARCHETYPE
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AN ORIGINAL AFTER WHICH SIMILAR THINGS ARE MODELED
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AURA
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THAT WHICH SURROUNDS AS AN ATMOSPHERE
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CONTRABAND
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ILLEGAL TRAFFIC, SMUGGLED GOODS
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ERUDITE
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SCHOLARLY, LEARNED
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GOSSAMER
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THIN, LIGHT, DELICATE
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INFER
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TO FIND OUT BY REASONING
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INSCRUTABLE
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IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE THROUGH
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INSULAR
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RELATING TO, CHARACTERISTIC OF
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IRREVOCABLE
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INCAPABLE OF BEING CHANGED OR CALLED BACK
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PROPENSITY
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A NATURAL INCLINATION
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QUERULOUS
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PEEVISH, COMPLANING, FRETFUL
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REMONSTRATE
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TO ARGUE OR PLEAD WITH SOMEONE
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REPUDIATE
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TO DISOWN, REJECT, OR DENY
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RESILIENT
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ABLE TO RETURN TO AN ORIGINAL SHAPE OR FORM
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RETRENCH
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TO CUT DOWN, REDUCE IN SIZE
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SCURRILOUS
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COARSELY ABUSIVE, VULGAR OR LOW
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SEDULOUS
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PERSISTEN, SHOWING DETERMINATION
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