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34 Cards in this Set
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spurious |
not genuine, authentic, or true |
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benign |
harmless; showing kindness or gentleness |
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inauspicious |
not favorable; unlucky |
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emphatic |
forceful, insistent |
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viable |
practical; workable |
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mettle |
courage; spirit |
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abject |
utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, etc. |
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austere |
strict; severe in manner |
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desolate |
barren; lonely |
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savvy |
experienced, knowledgeable, and well-informed; shrewd |
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audacity |
shameless boldness |
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inception |
beginning; start |
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bereft |
depreived |
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sanguine |
cheerfully optimistic |
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unabashed |
not ashamed or apologetic |
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disparate |
different; dissimilar |
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goliath |
a large, powerful, influential person or thing |
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eradicate |
to completely remove or destroy |
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astute |
having insight; perceptive |
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diligent |
careful and persevering in carrying out tasks or duties |
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sagacious |
wise |
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inebriation |
drunkenness |
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accede |
to give consent or approval; to agree |
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repudiate |
to reject as having no authority |
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assuage |
to make less severe; to relieve or ease |
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belligerent |
warlike; aggressively hostile |
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ephemeral |
lasting a very short time |
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depreciate |
to reduce or decline in value or price |
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rampant |
unrestrained; growing or developing unchecked |
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rapine |
the seizure of property by force; pillage |
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insolvency |
bankruptcy |
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implacable |
incapable of being appeased or pacified; inflexible |
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foment |
to instigate, as in trouble or discontent |
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cabal |
a small group of secret plotters, as in against the government or person in authority |
