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103 Cards in this Set
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"abet"
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"to encurage
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"abysmal"
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"extremely or hopelessly bad or severe"
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acme
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the peak, highest point, such as development or progress of something
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"Adamant"
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"refusing to give in, inflexible.
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Adept
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skilled, being able to do something very well.
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Advocate
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to support, to defend by argument, be in favor of
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"affirmation"
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"the act or an instance of affirming; state of being affirmed"
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"aforementioned"
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"previously mentioned"
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"Allegation"
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"an assertion (declared without support)of wrongdoing or misconduct on somebody's part
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"Aloof"
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"uninvolved or unwilling to become involved with other people or events. Apart"
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"amicably"
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"characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable"
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"anecdote"
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"A short personal account of an interesting or humorous incident. biographical incident"
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"animosity"
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"feeling of strong dislike or hated"
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"anomalous"
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"deviating from or inconsistent with the common order; not fitting into a common or familiar type
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"apathy"
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lack of interest in anything
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"Arbitrary"
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"based solely on personal wishes
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"Arduous"
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"requiring hard work or continuous physical effort. very difficult
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"banter"
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"an exchange of light
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"Benign"
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"having a kindly disposition; showing gentleness or kindness"
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"Blatant"
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"Noisy
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"candor"
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"to express frankly and openly with no hesitation. Sincerity of expression. to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty"
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"Capricious"
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"tending to make sudden unexpected changes. Unpredictable arising from sudden whim"
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"charmed"
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"To attract or delight greatly"
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"Clandestine"
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"kept secret or done in secret especially for evil
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complacent
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self satified, overly pleased with ones abilities, advantages, etc that lack concerne for others around.
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"concur"
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"To agree
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"Congenial"
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"things that agree or go well together. Having the same taste or intrests."
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"conspicuous "
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"easily or clearly visible
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"contempt"
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"the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean
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"Creed"
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"a professed set of beliefs
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"defunct"
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"dead
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"Delegate"
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"to intrust with athority or power
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"denigration"
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"a belittling comment"
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dichotomy
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division into two parts that are opposed, or contradictory groups
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"digress"
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"to stray from the point
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"edification"
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"morally or spiritually; uplift"
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"enigmatic"
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"resembling an enigma; perplexing; mysterious."
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"equivocal"
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"open to more than one interpretation
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"Esthetician"
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"somebody whose job is to give people beauty treatments
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"evanescent"
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"vanishing; fading away; fleeting. To disappear like mist."
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"evocative"
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"to call forth
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"fickle"
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"likely to change
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"further"
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"Gullible"
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"easily deceived
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"homeostasis"
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"The tendency of the body to seek and maintain a condition of balance or equilibrium within its internal environment
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"icosahedron"
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"a solid figure having 20 faces"
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"impetuous"
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"acting on the spur of the moment
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"indignation"
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"strong displeasure at something considered unjust
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"lament"
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"to express grief or sorrow about something. regret deeply"
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"Legacy"
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"Something handed down from the past."
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"lethargy"
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"a state of physical slowness and mental dullness resulting from tiredness
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"litigious"
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"tending or wanting to take legal action. relating to litigation"
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"micturate"
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"to pass urine; urinate"
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"mitigate"
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"to make something less harsh
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"Monotonous"
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"uninteresting or boring as a result of being repetitive and unvaried"
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"Morose"
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"having a withdrawn gloomy personality; depressed"
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"moxie"
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"courage and aggressiveness; nerve; The ability to face difficulty with spirit and courage."
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"Nebulous"
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"unclear
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"Negligible"
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"something that can be disregarded
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nostalgia
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A bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past
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obfuscated
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to make obscure or difficult to see which would lead to confusion (unable to think clearly)
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Obligatory
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something that must be done; required
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"obliquely"
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"in a manner of Indirect or evasive; misleading."
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"ostensible"
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professed as being true without being proven, could be real or not; apparent
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"ostentatious"
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"characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others."
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"paragon"
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"A model of excellence or perfection of a kind"
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paraphrase
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to restate, put into other words, give the meaning in another form
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peevish
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bad-tempered; showing annoyance, irritation, or bad mood
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"penultimate"
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"second to last in a series or sequence; next to last"
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"peripheral"
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"lying at or forming the outside or boundry of something; minor or incidental in importance or relevance; external
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"Personable"
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"pleasing in appearance
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"perverse"
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"contrary to what is regarded as normal or reasonable
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"placid "
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"tending or appearing to be pleasantly calm and not easily excited
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Poignant
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percing, penitrating, affecting the sinces, feelings, emotions or being effective
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"pragmatic"
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"more concerned with practical results than with theories and principles. Having to do with actual practice."
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"Precociousness"
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"early development especially mentally
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"premature"
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"occurring
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"prodigious"
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"extraordinary in size
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"profligate"
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"an extrem spendthrift; extravagantly wastful."
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"rapport"
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"relation; connection
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"rebuff"
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"to refuse or reject bluntly."
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"Recur"
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"to happen again especially at intervals."
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"Resolute"
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"possessing determination and purposefulness
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"reticent"
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"reluctant to speak; disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved"
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"Saturated"
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"soaked thoroughly wet. Literally or fugitively. completely packed or full so that no more can be added"
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"serendipity"
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"an act or aptitude for making desirable or favorable discoveries by accident."
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"specter"
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"some object or source of terror or dread."
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Sporadic
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occuring in a scattered or random way; occasional, not constant.
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"succulent"
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"Highly interesting or enjoyable; delectable"
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Supposition
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an assumption, to assume is true. Something that is supposed, an idea of supposing something to be true without knowing if truly true.
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"systemic "
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"pertaining to or affecting the body as a whole."
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"Tacit"
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"unspoken
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Tawdry
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gaudy, cheap in appearance, and of inferior quality
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"tenuous"
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"thin
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"Tirade"
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"a long drawnout angry speech that blams or condems"
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"transient"
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"lasting only a short time; existing briefly; temporary; not permanent; staying a short time"
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"uncanny"
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"referres to something that is strange in a unnatural or unearthly way"
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Unprecedented
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unheard of, having no prior example; without previous instance; never before known or experienced; novel, new
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"vacillate"
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"to be indecisive or irresolute
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"Vanguard"
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"the leading position of a movement
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"virtue"
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"the quality of having moral excellence; "
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"zest"
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"hearty enjoyment; anything added to enhance one's appreciation such as flavor"
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caveat
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a warning or caution
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