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75 Cards in this Set
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mollify
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make soft
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ichthyologist
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fish scientist
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polyglot
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multilinguist
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diaphanous
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semitransparent
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somniferous
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bringing sleep
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sinecure
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an easy lucrative job
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soliloquoy
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speech to oneself
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adherent
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supporter
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abjure
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renounce
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caustic
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burning
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confluence
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a flowing together
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depose
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to topple from power
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egomania
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self-obsession
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egregious
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blatant
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analgesic
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painkiller
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chiromancy
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palm reading
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oligarchy
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government by a few
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intractable
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stubborn
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intransigent
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not compromising
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perfidious
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treacherous
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perspicuous
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brilliantly clear
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ingenuous
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innocent and naive
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circumlocution
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talking in circles
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gregarious
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sociable
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discursive
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rambling
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equivocate
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to hedge
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superfluous
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unecessary
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bilateral
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two-sided
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unilateral
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one-sided
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circumspect
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cautious
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commensurate
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of like measure
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malevolence
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evil intent
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neophyte
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beginner
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misanthropist
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people-hater
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bellicose
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warlike
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anthropomorphic
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man-shaped
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captious
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fault-finding
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neologism
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new word
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malediction
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curse
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incredulous
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not believing
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omniscient
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all-knowing
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monomania
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obsession with one thing
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specious
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false
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excoriate
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verbally flog
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prototype
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first model
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xenophobia
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fear of foreigners
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benediction
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blessing
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amorphous
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shapeless
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preponderance
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bulk
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magnanimous
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great-minded
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egocentric
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self-centered
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tangible
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touchable
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demagogue
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corrupt politician
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preclude
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foreclose
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cryptologist
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code breaker
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ethnocentrism
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racial or cultural prejudice
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pedagogue
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teacher
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recant
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retract
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revoke
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cancel
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pugnacious
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combative
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incisive
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sharp
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diatribe
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abusive criticism
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anomaly
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abnormality
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enumerate
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to list
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circumscribed
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limited
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intercede
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mediate
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disputatious
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argumentative
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loquacious
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talkative
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abrogate
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annul
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prescience
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foreknowledge
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sacrosanct
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sacred
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androgynous
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masculine and feminine
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acronym
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initials-name
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congenital
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at birth
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cacophony
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bad noise
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