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78 Cards in this Set
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frugal
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thrifty economical
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laudatory
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expressing admiration or praise
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frenetic
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fremzied hectic frantic
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colloquial
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characteristic of informal conversation
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noxious
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harmful unwholesome
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abjure
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to reject or renounce
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cacophony
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tremendous noise or disharmonious sound
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resplendent
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shiny glowing
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pragmatic
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practical
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arable
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suitable for growing crops
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paramount
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greatest in importance rank or character
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spurious
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false nut designed to seem plausible
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fecund
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fruitful fertile
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resilient
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to be able to recover from misfortune
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inexorable
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incapable of being persuaded or placated
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inequity
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wickedness or sin
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malevolent
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wishing harm to befell others
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indefatigable
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incapable of defeat failure or decay
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ardor
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extreme vigor energy enthusiasm
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presumptious
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disrespectfully bold
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truculent
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ready to fight cruel
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rescind
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to take back or repel
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discursive
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rambling lacking order
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canny
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shrewd careful
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reproach
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to scold disapprove
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refract
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to distort or change
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wrath
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vengeful anger
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recalcitrant
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defiant
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felicitous
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well suited apt
delightful pleasing |
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bias
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a tendency inclination or prejudice
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accentuate
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to stress highlight
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analgesic
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something that reduces pain
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quandary
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a perplexing unreasonable state
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avarice
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excessive greed
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solipsistic
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believing that oneself is all that exists
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evince
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to show or reveal
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fastidious
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meticulous demanding
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implicate
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to involve in an incriminating way
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regurgitate
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to vomit
to throwback exactly |
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arrogate
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to take without justification
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buttress
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to support
something that offers support |
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dissemble
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to conceal fake
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assuage
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to ease pacify
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prescribe
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lay down a rule
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accede
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to agree
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palatable
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agreeable to taste
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nebulous
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vaguely defined cloudy
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sedition
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conduct language inciting rebellion against authority of state
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neophyte
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someone who is young or inexperienced
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hallowed
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revered consecrated
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execrable
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loathsome detestable
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dogmatic
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aggressively and arrogantly certain about unproved points
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belie
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to give a false impression of
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nefarious
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villainous
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enervate
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to weaken exhaust
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demagogue
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leader who appeals to a people's prejudice
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revel
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to enjoy intensely
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elicit
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to bring forth, draw out, revoke
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accolade
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high praise special distinction
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alacrity
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eagerness speed
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chastise
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to criticize severely
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lucid
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clear easily understandable
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expedient
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advisable, advantageous, serving ones sekf interest
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reprehensible
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deserving rebuke
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atypical
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not typical
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satiate
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to satisfy excessively
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punctilious
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eager to follow rules or conventions
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aggrieved
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distressed wronged injured
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facile
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easy requiring little effort
superficial achieved with little thought or care |
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poignant
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deeply affecting moving
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taciturn
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not inclined to talk
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covet
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to desire enviously
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harangue
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lengthy ranting speech
to give a lengthy ranting speech |
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incorrigible
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incapable of correction
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sacrosanct
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holy something that should not be criticized
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bereft
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devoid of without
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rectitude
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uprightness extreme morality
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puerile
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juvenile immature
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