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38 Cards in this Set
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foreboding or foreshadowing evil
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ominous
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unproductive; infertile
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barren
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gloomy; sullen
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morose
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saying one thing and doing another
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hypocrisy
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of doubtful origin or authenticity; fictitious
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apocryphal
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not genuine, authentic, or true
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spurious
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obvious exaggeration
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hyperbole
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decorate; to enhance by adding ornamental details
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embellish
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marked by abundant inventiveness or productivity
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prolific
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creative and/or intellectually productive; fruitful
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fecund
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yielding or producing fruit or results
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fruitful
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capable of producing vegetation or offspring; lush and abundant
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fertile
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open to interpretation; uncertain
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equivocal
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not having truth or credibility
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implausible
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doubting (not gullible)
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skeptical
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able to be proven or authenticated
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verifiable
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being true or confirmed
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valid
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not able to be disproved
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irrefutable
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incapable of making a mistake
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infallible
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based on custom; traditional; mundane
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conventional
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stale; overused; hackneyed
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trite
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everyday; ordinary
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mundane
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unvarying in tone; extremely repetitious
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monotonous
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constant; without variety
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uniform
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beyond doubt; not to be attacked or discredited
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unimpeachable
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stubbornly opinionated
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dogmatic
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inclined toward something; biased
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predilection
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support; nourish; maintain
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sustain
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to make impossible; to exclude
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preclude
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uncertain; hesitant
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tentative
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characterized by a new idea, method, or novelty
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innovative
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new
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novel
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a person who is new at something; inexperienced
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novice
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rare; one of a kind
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unique
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inconsistent; irregular
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erratic
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led by whim or fancy; erratic
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capricious
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following a former and usually outmoded political or social order
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reactionary
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can be moved
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mobile
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