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26 Cards in this Set
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stringent
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strict; restrictive
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deplete
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to use up; to reduce; to lessen
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amity
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friendship
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prudent
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careful; having foresight
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voluminous
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very large; spacious
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lethargy
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sluggishness; laziness; drowsiness; indifference
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supercilious
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haughty; patronizing
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fickle
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capricious; whimsical; unpredictable
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auspicious
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favorable; promising; pointingto a good result
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willful
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deliberate; obstinate; insistent on having one's way
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furtive
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secretive
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amass
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to accumulate
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fortuitous
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accidental; occuring by chance
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hackneyed
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banal; overused; trite
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desecrate
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to profane a holy place
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trepidation
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fear; apprehension; nervous trembling
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bastion
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stonghold; fortress; fortified place
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torpor
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sluggishness; inactivity; apathy
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prodigious
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extraordinary; enormous
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assuage
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to soothe; to pacify; to ease the pain of; to relieve
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vehement
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urgent; passionate
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prodigious
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extraordinary; evormous
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pedestrian
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common; ordinary; banal
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verbose
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wordy; overly talkative
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fanatic
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one who is extremely devoted to a cause or idea
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innocuous
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harmless; banal
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