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60 Cards in this Set
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candid
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honest; unbiased kind
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opprobrium
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scorn; disgrace; source of shame
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scintilla
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small amount
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umbrage
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offense; give of shade; pique; resentment
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ostentation
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showiness
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imprecation
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swearing; curse
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benediction
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expression of approval
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rejoinder
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retort; answer reply
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proclivity
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liking; appetite; penchant
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enervate
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weaken; debilitate
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dither
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be agitated and indecisive; shiver
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inure
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harden somebody to something; come into effect
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phlegmatic
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unexcitable; apathetic; placid
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diffident
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lacking self-confidence; reserved or restrained; shy
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indolent
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lazy; idle; lethargic
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exigent
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requiring action; demanding
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apocryphal
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not true; dubious
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coax
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persuade gently; wheedle; cajole
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blandishment
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flattery
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platitude
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banal statement; inanity; cliche
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vegetate
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stagnate; be passive
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irk
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annoy; peeve; rankle
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capriciousness
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given to sudden changes; unreliability
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knoll
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hill; hummock; mound
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protraction
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extend; delay
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unscathed
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unhurt; intact
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legerdemain
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sleigh of hand; adroitness; agility
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rhetoric
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oratory; skill with language
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skein
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twisted bundle of yarn
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truss
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bind something
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somber
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dark gloomy; grave; sober
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cephalic
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of the head
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apparition
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ghost; specter; phantom
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recant
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reject a belief; repudiate; retract
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catechism
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question and answer teaching; interrogation
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axiom
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adage; saying; truism
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undergird
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support
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berate
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rebuke; scold
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unremitting
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persistent or unabating
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primeval
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ancient and original; primitive
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cherubic
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angelic
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convalesce
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recover; recuperate; rest
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profundity
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deep or profound
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aphorism
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saying; maxim; cliche
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flagrant
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conspicuously bad
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obfuscate
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bewilder or confuse
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urbane
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suave or sophisticated
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pericious
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harmful or ruinous
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invidious
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producing resentment; unpleasant
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innocuous
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inoffensive or harmless
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opulent
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wealthy
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lugubrious
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gloomy
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approbation
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approval
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pliant
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easily influenced
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licentious
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sexually immoral; dissolute; profligate; wicked
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pellucid
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transparent; clear in meaning
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tendentious
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trying to influence opinion
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derisive
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mocking; scathing; sarcastic; irreverent; sardonic
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apogee
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culmination; apex; zenith
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nadir
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lowest points; pits; depths
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