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84 Cards in this Set
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Abashed
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to be ashed or disconcerted
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Abstruse
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Difficult to understand
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Acerbic
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bitter, acidic, sharp or biting
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Acquiesce
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to obtain without difficulty
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Admonish
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to gently disapprove
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Affable
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approachable
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Ameliorate
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to improve
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Assiduous
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diligent, unceasing, persistent
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Assuage
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to make less severe
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Audacious
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fearless, bold, daring
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Auspicious
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favorable, a time marked with success
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Banal
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boring, dull
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Bemused
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confused
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Capricious
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impulsive, whimsical
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Caustic
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confusing, quizzical, difficult to understand
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Complacent
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contented with fault, self-satisfied
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Culpable
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guilty
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Deprecate
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to make irrelevant
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Despondent
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dejected
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Diatribe
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a tired rant
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Digress
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to stray
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Dogmatic
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authoritarian, arragantly assertive
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Fastidious
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meticulous attention to detail
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Fervor
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great intensity of emotion
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Fickle
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whimsical
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Frenetic
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frantic, frenzied, wildly excited
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Hackneyed
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overused
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Hedonistic
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materialist, all about making the self happy
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Incessant
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without end
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Incorrigible
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Has a bad habit that can't be fixed
(pen clicking) |
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Indolence
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habitual laziness
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Lament
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to mourn
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Lugubrious
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mournful, dismayed
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Magnanimous
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generous, forgiving
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Malaise
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vague discomfort
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Mitigate
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to moderate
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Obsequious
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(brown noser)
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Ominous
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foreshadowing bad events to come
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Ostentatious
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pretentious
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Pensive
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mournfully reflective
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Pious
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devout (usually to religion)
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Pontificate
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To speak assertively as though there is no truth but what emits from your mouth
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Pragmatic
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practical
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Profound
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deep
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Prudent
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having good judgement
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Pugnacious
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looking for a fight
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Revere
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Too hold at high regard
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Sage
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wise
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Scrupulous
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principled
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Solemn
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deeply serious and somber
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Specious
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Deceit, rooted in the slightest of truths
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Stagnate
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To stay still
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Stoic
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passive
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Supercilious
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having hauty disdain
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Sycophant
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he who wishes to win favor by flattering other people
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Taciturn
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does not speak freely
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Temper
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to withstrain
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Tenacity
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stubborn, unyielding
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Tenuous
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incredibly thin
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Terse
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brief, concise, to the point
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Transcend
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to rise above
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Vexed
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angered
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Acumen
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keenness of insight
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poignant
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profoundly touching, or physically painful
sharp stimulant to the senses |
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Intrinsic
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inherant
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Blasphemy
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profanity against the sacred, sacrilege
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Furtive
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stealthy, hidden motives
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Innocuous
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harmless
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Insipid
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lacking qualities to excite
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Fortuitous
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fateful, fortunate
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Didactic
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intended to instruct (usually morally)
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Indigent
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impoverished, needy
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Incognito
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in hiding, camouflaged
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Epiphany
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a sudden relisation or understanding
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Galvanize
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to spur, to shock to awareness
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Listless
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lethargic, lazy
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Pernicious
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deadly, destructive
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Perfunctory
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apathetically routine
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Veracity
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Truthful
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Quandary
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being uncertain
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Panacea
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a cure-all
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Circumlocution
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using many words in replace of one
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Blithe
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carefree
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Nefarious
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infamously wicked
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