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40 Cards in this Set
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sedate
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unhurried, calm
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crucial
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severe; important
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contentious
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quarrelsome; ready to argue
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salient
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standing out; prominent; striking
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inveigle
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to entice or induce by guile or flattery
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resonant
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send back sound; deep; full-bodied
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compliance
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conformity; consent; to operate within existing rules
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venerable
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meriting or commanding reverence; worthy of respect
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infiltrated
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to sneak in and gain control
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insidious
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subtly cunning or deceitful; treacherous
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mediocre
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of only average quality; ordinary; commonplace
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encroaching
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advancing; making inroads
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mordantly
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biting; cutting; sarcastically
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solace
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comfort in grief
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enmity
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hostility, antagonism
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reverberating
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to echo or resound
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amiably
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pleasing in disposition; kingly, friendly
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transfixed
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to be fixed in place with horror or awe
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irresolutely
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resolved; wavering; lacking purpose
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vindicated
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to clear of a crime, accusation or suspicion
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idiosyncratic
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habit; quick; mannerism
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eccentric
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from custom convention or practice; odd
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transfigured
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changed in form or appearance
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infinitesimal
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small; tiny
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sinecure
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an office of job with high pay but no duties
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dispensations
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a special exemption
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derision
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to ridicule; mock; scorn; the act of ridiculing
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insinuating
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to suggest innuendo; hint
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virtuoso
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a master of technique; a skilled musician
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sanctity
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holiness; sacredness
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opulent
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rich, affluent; abundant or plentiful
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reticent
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not given to speak easily; reserved
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sustenance
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nourishment; needed support
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gullible
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easily cheated or fooled; credulous
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accolade
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an honor or award; a laudatory notice
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mesmerized
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hypnotized; enthralled
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culminate
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to reach the highest point or degree; final result or effect
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preeminently
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outstanding; distinguished
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holocaust
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destruction and loss of life and property, especially by fire
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austerity
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of being severe grave or morally strict
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