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15 Cards in this Set
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Auspicious
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Favorable; promising
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Tenuous
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Flimsy; thin; iffy
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Dogmatic
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Stubborn about rules or rituals
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Tentative
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Uncertain; experimental
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Contentious
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Quarrelsome
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Lampoon
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Broadly make fun of
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Distend
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Swell; expand a great deal
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Convoluted
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Complex; hard to follow
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Adage
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Wise old saying
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Portent
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Omen; sign of something to come
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Ruse
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Clever or crafty trick
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Sedentary
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Not moving; settled
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Abdicate
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Step down from responsibility
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Tenacious
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Persistent; not giving up
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Circumspect
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Cautious; watchful
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