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88 Cards in this Set
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Abandon
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Lack of inhibition
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Abase
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humiliate, disgrace
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Baleful
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harmful
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Balk
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to stop short
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Cache
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hiding place
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Cacophony
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loud, unpleasant noise
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Dainty
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delicate
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Daunt
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intimidate
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Ebb
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reflux of the tide
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Ebullent
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exhilerated
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Facade
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Mask, cover
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Facile
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easily acomplished
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Gall
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careless nerve
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Gargantuan
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Giant, tremendous
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Hackneyed
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old, worn out by over use
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Hallowed
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sacred
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Iconoclast
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someone who attacks traditional beliefs
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Idealism
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pursuit of noble goals
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Jaded
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bored, tired by excess
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Jargon
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Non-sensical talk
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Keen
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having a sharp edge, intellectually sharp
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Kernel
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the essential part
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Labyrinth
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Maze
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Laceration
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Cut or wound
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Macabre
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having death as a subject, grim
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Machination
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Plot or scheme
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Nadir
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Lowest point
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Native
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innocent
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Obdurate
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stubbornly persistent
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Obfuscate
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confuse, make obscure
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Pacify
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restore calm, bring peace
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Palatial
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grand, magnificent
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Quagmire
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marsh, difficult situation
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Quandary
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worry, dilemma
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Raconteur
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witty person
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Rail
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toscold with bitter or abusive language
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Saccherine
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excessively sweet or sentimental
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Sacrosanct
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extremely sacred
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Tacit
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silently implied or understood
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Taciturn
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not inclined to talk much
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Ubiquitous
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Being everywhere
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Umbrage
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Offense
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Vacillate
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towaver, show indecision
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Vacuous
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Empty, purposeless
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Waive
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to give up a legal right, surrender
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Wag
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droll or humorous person
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Xenophobia
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fear of strangers or foreigners
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Yoke
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to join together
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Zealot
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Someone devoted to a cause
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Zenith
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point of culmination, peak
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Abash
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To embarrass
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Abate
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reduce, decrease
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Banal
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Overly common
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bane
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something causing death
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Cajole
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To flatter, persuade
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Calamity
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state of dispair
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Dearth
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lack of something
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Debase
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To degrare in quality or quantity
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Eclectic
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selecting from various sources
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Ecstatic
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joyful, excited
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Facilitate
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to aid
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Fallacious
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tending to decieve or mislead
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garner
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gather and store
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Garrulous
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very talkative
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Haples
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unfortunate
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Harbringer
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indicator of something
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Idiosyncracy
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Peculiarity or temprament
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Ignoble
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having low moral standards
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Jettison
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to discard, eject
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Jingolism
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Nationalism
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Kindle
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to start a fire
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Kinetic
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Related to motion
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Lachrymose
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tearful, weeping
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Lackadaisical
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lazy, idle
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Maelstrom
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whirlpool
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Subterfuge
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deception
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Coercion
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force
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Chicanery
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deception
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Placatory
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soothing
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Fortuitous
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lucky
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Punctilious
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careful
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Progenitor
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starter, ancestor
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Vexatious
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Annoyance
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Futile
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useless
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flag
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to become less intense
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Scrutinize
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Closely examine
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Innocuous
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harmless
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Indomitable
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Unconquerable
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