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121 Cards in this Set
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Habitat
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Dwelling Place
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Kudos
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Fame, GLory,Honor
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Mirth
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Frivolity, gaiety, laughter
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Palatial
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like a palace, magnificent
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Hedonist
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Pursuit of pleasure as a goal
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Pretentious
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Pretending to be important, intelligent, or cultured
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Reclusive
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Shut off from the world
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Adulation
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High praise
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Winsome
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charming, happily engaging
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grossing
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total before deductions
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Quadruped
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animal having four legs
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Sybarite
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person devoted to pleasure and luxury
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Nutritive
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relating to nutrition or health
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Wan
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sickly pale
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Affront
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personal offens, insult
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Turgid
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swollen or bloated
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Iota
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very tiny amount
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Quadrilateral
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a four sided polygon
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pellucid
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transparent, translucent, easily understood
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neonate
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a newborn child
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Obsequy
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a funeral ceremony
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Pastiche
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piece of literature or music imitating or made up of other works
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Sobriquet
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a nickname
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Morsel
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small bit of food
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Articulate
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Well spoken, expressing oneself clearly
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multifarious
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diverse
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munificient
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generous
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ordained
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to make someone a priest or minister; to order
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quiver
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to shake slightly, tremble, vibrate
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Conventional
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typical, customary, common place
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Coquette
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a woman who flirts
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pious
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dedicated, devout, extremely religious
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incarcerate
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to put in jail; to confine
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Incense
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to infuriate, enrage
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Finicky
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Fussy, difficult to please
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Exculpate
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to clear from blame or fault, vindicate
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inevitable
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certain, unavoidable
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tenacious
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stubborn, holding firm
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clairvoyant
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having ESP, psychic
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Mitigate
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to soften or make milder
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Procrastinate
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one who continually and unjustifiably postpones
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Resilient
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able to recover quickly after illnes or bad luck; able to bounce back to shape
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remuneration
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pay or reward for work trouble, etc.
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sychophant
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slef-serving flatterer, yes man
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Burly
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brawny, husky
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Adversarial
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antagonist, competitive
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Buffoon
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clown or fool
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canny
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smart, founded on common sense
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denigrate
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to slur or blacken someone's reputation
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discredit
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to dishonor or disgrace
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vie
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to compete, contend
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sullen
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gloomy, brooding
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score
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to make notch or scratch; notation for a musical composition
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baleful
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harmful, with evil intentions
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dexterous
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skilled physically or mentally
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diabolical
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fiendish, wicked
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fazed
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to bother upset or diconcert
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fecund
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fertile, fruitful, productive
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irresolvable
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unable to be resolved; not analyzable
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pulverize
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to pound, crush, grind into powder; destroy
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mock
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ridicule, to deride
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pedestrian
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commonplace
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rail
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to scold with bitter or abusive language
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obesquious
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overly submissive, brownnosing, fawning
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malediction
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curse
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malady
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illness
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primeval
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ancient, primitive
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donor
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benefactor, contributor
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fervid
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passionate, intense, zealous
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cavort
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to frolic, prance about
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Encore
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additional performance, often demanded by audience
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hapless
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unfortuante, having bad luck
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supersede
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to take the place of; replace
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champion
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to defend or support
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trepidation
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fear and anxiety
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tolerant
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capacity to respect different values; capacity to endure or resist something
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devout
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dedicated, passionate
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duplicitious
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deception, dishonesty, double dealing
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fortuitous
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happening by luck, fortunate
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fatuous
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stupid, foolishly self satisfied
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assiduously
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diligent, persisten, hard working
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diligent
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careful and hardworking
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collaborate
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to cooperate, work together
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vivid
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bright and intense in color; strongly perceived
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simian
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ape like; relating to apes
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definitive
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clear cut, explicit or decisive
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cast
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copy or replica; to fling or throw
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opine
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to express an opinion
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wry
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amusing ironic
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jaded
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tired by excess or overuse; slightly cynical
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oration
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lecture, formal speech
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proclivity
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tendency to incline
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rancor
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bitter hatred
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tawdry
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gawdy, cheap, showy
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unanimity
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state of total agreement or unity
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insiduous
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sly, treacherous, devious
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divergent
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different from another, departing from convention
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emulate
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to copy, imitate
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amicable
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friendly, agreeable
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antagonist
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foe, opponent, adversary
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circuitous
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roundabout
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denounce
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to accuse, blame
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detrimental
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causing harm or injury
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enervating
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to weaken, sap strength from
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fraught
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full of, accompanied by
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parsimony
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stinginess
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spurious
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lacking authenticity; counterfeit, false
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predicament
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difficult situation
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profuse
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lavish, extravagant
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exemplary
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outstanding, an example to others
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fortuitous
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happening by luck, fortunate
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opulent
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wealth
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compatriot
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fellow countryman
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boon
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blessing, something to be thankful for
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incisive
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perceptive penetrating
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dictum
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authoritative statment; popular saying
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iconoclast
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one who attacks traditional beliefs
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disdain
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to regard with scorn and contempt
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calamitous
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disastrous, catastrophic
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precocious
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unusually advanced at an early age
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relish
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to enjoy greatly
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