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42 Cards in this Set
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Zenith
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the highest point
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zealot
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a person who shows great enthusiasm for a cause
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wayward
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reistant to guidance
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wanton
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immoral
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voluble
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fluent in speech
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utopian
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excellent or ideal but impracticable;visionary
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utilitarian
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having a useful function
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resolute
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firm or determined
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prosaic
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dull
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precarious
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subject to chance or unknown conditions;uncertain
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pragmatic
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practical
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placate
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appease;pacify;calm
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ominous
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threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
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obsequious
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servilely attentive
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mitigate
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to make or to become milder or less severe
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Meticulous
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very careful about details;fussy
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Impetuous
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characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation
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hypocritical
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insincere;pretending to be what one is not
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hyperbole
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an exaggerated statetment used as a figure of speech for rhetorical effect
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Grandiose
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characterized by greatness of scope or intent
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Frugal
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not wasteful or lavish
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Fortuitious
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lucky
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Expropriated
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taken out of the posession of another and transferred to your own use often without permission
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elucidate
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to make clear
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egregious
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hella bad
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Disparage
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to belittle;reduce in esteem
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disparate
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fundamentally distinct or different in kind
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derivative
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adapted from others
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cynical
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pessimistic
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cupidity
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excessive desire or greed
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Corroborate
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to testify in agreement
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Constituent
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a resident of a district or member of a group represented by an elected official
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Conspicuous
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clearly visible;remarkable
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Connoisseur
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Expert
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Cogent
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Clear
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Clement
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lenient;mild
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Benign
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harmless
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Assiduous
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devoted
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Appease
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Soothe
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Anomaly
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deviation from the common order, form, or rule
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Aesthetic
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artistic; pertaining to a sense of what is beautiful
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abhorrent
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disgusting
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