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45 Cards in this Set
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factious
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causing disagreement
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ignoble
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dishonorable, shameful
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boor
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a rude or impolite person
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aegis
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a shielf, protection
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perspicacity
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keenness of judgment
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fervent
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eager, earnest
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rectify
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to correct, to make right
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enervate
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to weaken
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besiege
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to overwhelm, to surround and attack
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ephermal
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lasting only a breift time, short lived
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carrion
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decaying flesh
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erotic
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pertaining to sexual love
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amorphous
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shapeless, formless, vague
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opulent
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rich, lucurious, wealthy
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altruisn
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a concern for others, generosity
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impotent
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powerless, lacking strength
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antithesis
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an exact opposite, n opposite extreme
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maelstrom
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whirlpool, turbulence, agitated state of mind
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emendation
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a correction
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chargin
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embarrassment, a complete loss of courage
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bauble
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a showy but useless thing
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diapahnous
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very sheer and light
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labyrinth
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a complicated network of winding passages, a maze
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gloat
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to look at or think about with great satisfaction
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impediment
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a barrier, obstruction
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bestial
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savage, brutal
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shard
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a fragment
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bland
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mild, tasteless, dull
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nihilism
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a total rejection of established laws
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effete
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worn out, barren
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pedestrian
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ordinary or dull
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bona fide
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in good faith
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adventitious
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accidental, nonessential
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fecund
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fertile, productive
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deviate
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to turn aside from a course, to stray
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obfuscate
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to confuse, to bewilder
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impale
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to pierce with a sharp stake through the body
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extenuate
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to lessen seriousness by providing partial excuses
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parochial
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local, narrow, limited
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glower
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to stare angrily
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edify
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improve someone morally
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ambiguous
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open to more than one interpretation
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cataclysm
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a violent change
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optimum
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best, most favorable, ideal
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importune
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to ask persistently, to beg
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