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26 Cards in this Set
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Circumspect
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Careful; cautious; prudent.
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Demure
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Modest; shy.
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Dispassionate
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Fair; impartial; calm.
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Dolorous
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Painful; mournful.
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Effete
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Worn out; spent and sterile.
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Feisty
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Touchy; excitable; quarrelsome.
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Flaccid
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Weak; feeble; flabby.
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Flippant
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Disrespectful; saucy; impertinent.
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Florid
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Ruddy; rosy; ornate. Flashy.
"highly-colored" |
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Glabrous
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Bald; smooth.
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Imperious
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Overbearing; arrogant; domineering.
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Ingenious
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Clever; original; inventive; resourceful.
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Intractable
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Hard to manage; unruly; stubborn.
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Intransigent
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Uncompromising; refusing to come to an agreement.
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Amplitude
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Greatness of size; fullness; breadth of range. (The idea of a maximum size)
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Infinitesimal
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Too small to be measured.
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Lilliputian
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Very small; tiny; narrow-minded; petty.
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Megalopolis
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An extensive, heavily populated, continuously urban area, including any number of cities.
This is larger than a metropolis since it includes an inner city, suburbia, exurbia, and any adjacent towns. |
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Miniutiae
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Small or trivial details; trifling matters. Does not exactly correlate to a point's significance; a small point can be of great significance.
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Palatial
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Like a palace; large and ornate.
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Peccadillo
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A small sin or fault.
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Picayune
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Of little value or account; petty or prejudiced.
A person of low esteem because of his or her criticism or bias. |
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Simulacrum
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A slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance. An image or representation of something.
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Soupcon
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Suspicion; a slight trace of flavor; a very small amount.
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Teeming
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Swarming; prolific or fertile.
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Vista
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A far-reaching intellectual view; a view or prospect, especially one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage; a mental view extending over a long period of time or embracing many remembrances or experiences.
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