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41 Cards in this Set
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Ambiguous
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Open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations
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Double Standard
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One standard applies to a group of people of people
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Salacious
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Lustful or lecherous; Sexually suggestive
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Egregious
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Extaorordinary in some bad way
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Indolent
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People who are lazy and doesn't do much work
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Ambivalent
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Having mixed feelings for someone or something
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Eupheism
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Act of saying something unpleasent
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Ubiquitous
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Existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time
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Meritocracy
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An elite group of people whose progress is based on ability and talent rather than on class privilege or wealth
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Inure
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To accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc...
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Liberal
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Favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs
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Conservative
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Disposed to preseve existing conditions, institutions, etc...
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Corpulent
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Large or bulky of body
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Execrable
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Utterly detestable; abominent; abhorrent
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Resilient
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Returning to the original form or position after being bent, compressed or strecthed
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Tedium
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The quality or state of being wearisome; irksomeness; tediousness
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Instigate
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To cause by incitement to urge provoke or incite to some action or course
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Bizzare
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Markedly unusual in appearance, style, or general character and often involving incongruous or unexpected elements
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Lethargic
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Quality or state of being drowsy and dull
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Procrastinate
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To delay or slack off something until last minute
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Cantankerous
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Disagreeable to deal with; contentious; peevish
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Admonish
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To caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty
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Breach
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An opening gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; to create an opening, break through
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Brigand
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A bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman
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Circumspect
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Careful; Cautious
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Commander
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To seize for military or official use
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Cumbersome
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Clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving
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Deadlock
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Standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; to bring to such a standstill
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Debris
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Scattered fragments, wreckage
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Diffuse
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To spread or scatter freely or widely; wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread
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Dilemma
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A difficult or perplexing situation or problem
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Efface
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To wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed
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Muddle
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To make a mess of; muddle through: to get by; a hopeless mess
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Opinionated
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Stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind
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Perennial
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Lasting for a long time, persistent; a plant that lives for many years
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Predispose
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To incline beforehand
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Relinquinsh
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To let go, give up
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Salvage
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To save from shipwreck; property thus saved
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Spasmodic
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Sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent
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Spurious
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Not genuine, not true, not valid
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Unbridled
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Lacking in restraint
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