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36 Cards in this Set
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aesthetic
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relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art
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aloof
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apart, indifferent
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archaic
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antiquated, old, out of use
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assuage
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to ease, to mitigate, to make less painful or burdensome, to calm
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belie
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to contradict, to give a false impression
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contentious
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quarrelsome, stirring controversy
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daunt
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to intimidate, to dismay
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debilitate
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to weaken, to enfeeble
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discord
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lack of agreement, tensions, strife
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dissemination
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the act of spreading widely; scattering
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dogmatic
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strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner
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duplicity
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double-dealing, hypocrisy
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egocentric
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self-centered, selfish
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euphemism
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substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is offensive
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gluttonous
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greedy for food and drink
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mundane
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ordinary, commonplace
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ominous
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threatening
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petulance
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unreasonable touchiness or irritability
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poupous
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exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance, bombastic
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precocious
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exceptionally early in development or occurence
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slothful
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lazy, indolent
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trivia
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insignificant matters
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verbose
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wordy, very talkative
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virulent
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extremely poisonous; hateful
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volatile
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quickly changeable, easily vaporized
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aloof
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detached, incurious, unconcerned
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archaic
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ancient, antique, obsolete, venerable
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assuage
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allay, alleviate, lighten, soothe
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contentious
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bellicose, belligerent, pugnacious
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debilitate
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sap
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discord
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contention, dissension, variance
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dogmatic
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dictatorial, doctrinaire, magisterial, oracular
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gluttonous
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rapacious, ravenous, voracious
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ominous
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fateful, portentous
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pompous
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ostentatious, pretentious
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slothful
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bovine
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