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45 Cards in this Set
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blandishment
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persuade
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deprecate
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criticize
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discomfit
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make uneasy by confusing or embarassing person
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meteoric
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swiftly suddenly
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overbearing
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acting arrogant domineering way
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precocious
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early development of abilities
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proffer
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offer
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remonstrate
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demonstrate. protest. raise objection
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rift
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split or crack
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solicitous
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showing interest and care, concerned
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succint
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concise
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sylvan
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tree or wooden areas
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trepidation
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apprehension, dread, uneasyness
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untoward
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unlucky
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virtuoso
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great skill in art, esp music
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adversity
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misfortune
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cardinal
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important
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credible
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realiable
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empathize
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show understanding
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faculty
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natural powers
inborn ability teachers of school |
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harrowing
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painful or very distressing
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impair
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to damage, weaken, lessen
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infer
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reach conclusion
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intuition
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knowing something without the use of reason, an insight
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mainfest
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reveal, evident
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nuance
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slight change in feeling or meaning
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pernicious
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very destructive or harmful
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solace
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comfort or relief in sorrow or distress
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treatise
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methodically and thoroughly written discussion of a topic
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vogue
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the popular fashion of the time, wide acceptance of favor
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amenity
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feature contribue physical comfort
increase attractiveness of location social courtesy |
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averse
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opposition
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complacent
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self satisfied
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decompose
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decay
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defra
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to pay
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emanate
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come from a source
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facetious
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humorous
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envisage
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picture in one's mind, imagine in future
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fallacy
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false or mistaken idea
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furor
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uproar
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idyll
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episode or experience that is calm
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paucity
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tiny number
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porous
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full of tiny holes or spaces
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supersede
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to replace, cause to be set aside because of superiority
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tangible
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real or able to be touched
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