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50 Cards in this Set
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Abstemious
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Moderate in eating and drinking
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Abstruse
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Difficult to understand
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Astute
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Clever; Perceptive
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Aversion
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An intense dislike
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Diminuative
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Much smaller than average
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Eclectic
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Varried
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Extraneous
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Unrelated
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Hardy
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Healthy and sturdy, or strong
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Intractable
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Uncontrollable
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Soporforic
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Causing drowsieness
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Abstract
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Vague
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Archiac
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Old Fashioned
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Engender
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To begin
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Erudite
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Having or showing wide knowledge
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Fervor
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Passion
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Iconoclast
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Rebel
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Laudable
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Worthy of praise
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Painstaking
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Painful
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Pompous
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Self important
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Renown
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Reputation
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Conivivial
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Sociable
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Equanimity
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Calmness
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Lassitude
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Tiredness
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Listless
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Without energy
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Mollify
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To calm down
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Paradigm
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A form to follow
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Profusion
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A great quanity
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Recalcitrant
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Disobedient
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Resigned
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Consenting to without protest
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Surmise
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To suppose
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Ambivalence
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Conflicting attitudes
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Anomaly
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abnormality
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Biased
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Having a preconceived opinion
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Credulous
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Too trustful
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Despot
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An oppresive ruler
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Incipient
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Coming into existence
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Nefarious
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Evil
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Prodigious
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Huge
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Servile
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Acting like a slave
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Temper
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To tone down
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Arduous
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Demanding great effort
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Ascetic
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Self denying
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Blithe
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Joyful
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Depreciate
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To look down on
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Didactic
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educational
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Eulogy
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A statement of praise
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Gratuitous
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Showing gratitude
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Raze
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To wreck
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Tawdry
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Sleazy
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Unimpeachable
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Without fault
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