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60 Cards in this Set
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diffident
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shy, timid
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Disdain
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scorn, despise
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Docile
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Obedient
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Equanimity
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composure, calm
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Facade
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false, artificial appearance
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facetious
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humorous
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fastidious
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excessive care
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fatuous
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silly
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flaunt
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show off, boast
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furtive
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sly, stealthy
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glib
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fluent, slick expression
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gregarious
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social, good mixer
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harangue
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bombastic, ranting speech
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idiosyncrasy
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peculiarity, oddness
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illicit
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unlawful
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importune
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beg insistently, wheedle
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incredulous
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unbelieving, skeptical
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inexorable
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relentless, inflexible
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invective
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abusive
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loquacious
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excessive talking, garrulous
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ludicrous
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ridiculous
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martinet
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strict disciplinarian
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maudlin
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weakly, effusively sentimental
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nebulous
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hazy, vague
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obsequious
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servilely attentive
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ostracize
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exile, shun
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panacea
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cure-all remedy
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pander
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abet, exploit weakness of another
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placate
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soothe, appease
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prodigious
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extraordinary in bulk, vast, huge
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prolific
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fertile, productive
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propensity
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natural inclination, leaning
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prudent
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shrewd, careful
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redundant
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wordy, repetitive
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surreptitious
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stealthy, covert; furtive
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taciturn
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reserved
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truculent
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cruel, harsh
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vacillate
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fluctuate, hesitate
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vilify
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malign, slander, call names
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vituperation
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invective, bitter condemnation
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abhor
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scorn, loathe
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abstraction
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a deduction, without physical form
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acme
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apex, summit
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affluence
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wealth, copiousness
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amnesty
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pardon
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assuage
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relieve, mitigate
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bilious
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peevish, sour
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blase
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uninterested, satiated
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captious
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critical, quarrelsome
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circumspect
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prudent, cautious
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contraband
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illegal goods
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countenance
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visage, demeanor
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deleterious
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harmful, detrimental
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despot
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tyrant
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dissident
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dissenting, dissatisfied
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effrontery
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shameless boldness, presumption
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erudite
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learned, scholarly
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expatiate
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digress
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felicitous
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well-suited, apt
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garrulous
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talkative, loquacious
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