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22 Cards in this Set
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Robust
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strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous
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Fervent
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Having or showing great emotion; passtionate
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Archaic
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very old or old-fashioned
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Zeal
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great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective.
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Perseverance
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steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement
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Assiduous
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constant; unremitting
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Affliction
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a state of pain, distress, or grief;misery
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Abrade
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to wear off or down by scraping or rubbing
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Calamity
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grievious affliction; adversity; misery
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Aversion
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a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy
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Antipathy
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a natural, basic, or habitual repugnance; aversion.
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Abdicate
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to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, especially in a formal manner
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Blithe
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joyous, merry, or gay in disposition; glad; cheerful or without thought or regard; carefree; heedless without thought or regard; carefree; heedless
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Malcontent
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not satisfied or content with currently prevailing conditions or circumstances.
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Inimical
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adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful
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Bellicose
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inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious
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Vociferous
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crying out noisily; clamourous
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Clamor
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a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people; a vehement expression of desire or dissatisfaction
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Boisterous
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rough and noisy; noisily jolly or rowdy; clamorous; unrestrained
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Malodorous
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having an unpleasant or offensive odor; smelling bad
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Egregious
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extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant; Outstandingly bad; shocking
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Gregarious
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Fond of the company of others; sociable
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