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54 Cards in this Set
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abate
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lessen in intensity, reduce
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abstract
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lacking substance, theoretical
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alacrity
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cheerful eagerness to respond
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anonymity
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lack of recognition
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apprehensive
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fearful, worried
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arduous
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requiring hard work
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articulate
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speaking clearly and well
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aspiration
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goal
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banal
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commonplace, meaningless, dull
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benign
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not causing harm, kind
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candor
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straightforwardness, frankness, openness
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censure
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blame, criticism
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cogent
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powerfully convincing
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concise
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briefly stated
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congenial
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friendly, affable, amiable
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debunk
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to expose the sham of falseness
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deplete
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use up
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desecrate
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profane a holy place
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disdain
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scorn, dislike, contempt, abhor, loathe
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dissemble
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to hide on a false appearance, conceal facts, intentions, or feelings under some pretense
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elusive
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tough to catch
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emendation
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correction
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enfranchise
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to grant the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote
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extraneous
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irrelevant, unnecessary
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fallacious
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false
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flourish
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prosper
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gratuitous
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unwarranted, free
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harbinger
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forerunner, a signal of
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kinetic
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having to do with motion, lively, active
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latent
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present but not visible or apparent
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luminous
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giving off light, burning bright
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malinger
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to feign illness or injury to get out of work
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manipulate
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control shrewdly
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maxim
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fundamental principle, an old saying
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mediate
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help settle the difference, arbitrate
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narcissism
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excessive love of oneself
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opaque
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impossible to see through, difficult to comprehend
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panacea
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something that cures everything
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paradigm
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model or example
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permeate
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pervade, penetrate
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poignant
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extremely moving, painfully affecting the feelings
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prodigious
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extraordinary in size or degree
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promulgate
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declare publicly
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provident
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preparing for the future, prudent, frugal
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querulous
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complaining, whining
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recalcitrant
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stubbornly disobedient
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redolent
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fragrant
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regress
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revert back, retreat
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remonstrate
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to argue against, to protest
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surrogate
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substitute
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tenable
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defendable, valid
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terminate
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end
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touchstone
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standard, a test of authenticity or quality
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vilify
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to speak as a villain, verbally attack
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