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100 Cards in this Set
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Acrimonious
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bitter
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Adroit
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skilled
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Banal
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commonplace; boring
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Cherubic
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angelic
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Convalesce
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to recover; to improve
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Derogatory
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demeaning; scornful
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Ennui
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state of boredom
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Ephemeral
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fleeting; short-lived
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Gregarious
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sociable; outgoing
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Ineffable
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unable to be expressed
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Martinet
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strict disciplinarian
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Mollify
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to soothe, to pacify
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Nefarious
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wicked
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Obsequious
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eager to please
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Perfidious
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treacherous
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Perspicacious
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highly insightful
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Precocious
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maturing early
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Rue
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to regret
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Sychophant
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flatterer
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Uncouth
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rude
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Alacrity
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quick action
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Balderdash
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nonsense
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Blithe
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cheerful
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Cajole
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to convince with flattery
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Canard
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hoax, trick
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Garrulous
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talkative
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Lugubrious
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overly mornful
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Munificence
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generosity
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Nadir
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bottom-most point
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Onerous
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burdensome
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Obfuscate
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to confuse; to make unclear
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Panacea
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cure all
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Picayune
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petty, trivial
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Pine
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to yearn
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Propitious
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favorable
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Pugnacious
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eager to fight
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Quixotic
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idealistic
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Roil
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to stir up; to incite
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Ubiquitous
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everywhere
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Umbrage
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resentment
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Auspicious
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favorable; boding well
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Castigate
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to scold severely
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Charlatan
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quack; trickster
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Dilettante
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dabbler in the arts
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Eschew
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to avoid
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Gibbous
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more than half (moon)
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Haughty
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arrogant
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Immolation
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sacrifice
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Intrepid
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fearless
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Laconic
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succinct; using few words
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Malleable
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adaptable; able to be reshaped
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Maudlin
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exceedingly sentimental; cheesy
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Mercurial
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volatile; fickle
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Obstreperous
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boisterous
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Ostensible
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seeming; apparent
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Plethora
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overabundance; large amount
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Sibilant
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having or making a hissing sound
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Stentorian
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extremely loud
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Taciturn
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reserved; quiet; shy
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Wanton
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unrestrained
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Buffoon
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fool
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Citadel
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fortress
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Conflagration
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vast fire
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Copious
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overabundant; plentiful
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Dearth
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lack of something; scarcity
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Deluge
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flood
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Duldrums
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state of boredom; stagnation
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Fulsome
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excessive
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Guttural
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from the throat
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Harbinger
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omen; warning
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Iniquity
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sin
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Jeer
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to ridicule; mock; make fun of; taunt
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Mettle
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quality of character; courage
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Myriad
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countless; vast number; innumerable
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Nettlesome
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annoying; vexacious; bothersome
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Odious
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arousing hatred; offensive; hateful
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Paragon
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perfect model
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Raze
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to destroy; demolish
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Unmitigated
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not lessened; unchecked
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Vehement
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passionate; intense
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Agog
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in a state of excitement; amazement (amazed)
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Akimbo
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with hands on hips bent outward
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Blanch
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to turn pale
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Boon
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a blessing
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Cabal
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secret plot; group of conspirators
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Chutzpah
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shameless audacity; boldness
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Dissemble
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to conceal or obscure the truth; to feign
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Dogged
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determined; persistent
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Erudite
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scholarly
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Exacerbate
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to worsen; to aggravate; to intensify
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Exorbitant
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extravagent
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Fetter
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to bind with chains
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Flotsam
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floating debris [jetsam]
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Gauche
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rude
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Imp
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little devil/demon; mischeivous child
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Lewd
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lascivious; sexually suggestive
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Prognosticate
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to predict
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Rank
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offensive smelling; putrid
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Rebuke
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to scold
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Vicarious
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sharing the experience of another (substitute)
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