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45 Cards in this Set
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precessor
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someone or something that came before another
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jeopardy
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danger
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tangible
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touchable; palpable
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indulgent
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lebient; yeilding to desire
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remorse
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sadness
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pivotal
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crucial
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scrupulous
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strict; careful
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refute
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to disprove; to prove to be false
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respite
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a rest; a period of relief
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stoic
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indifferent
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volatile
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quick to evaporate; highly unstable
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peripheral
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unimportant
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hedonistic
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pleasure-seeking
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idiom
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a peculiar expression
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benefactor
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a generous donor
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brevity
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briefness
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apocryphal
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false; of doubtful origin
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virtuoso
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masterful musician
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slander
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to defame; to speak maliciously of someone
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animosity
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resentment; hostility; ill will
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deplete
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to use up; to reduce
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amity
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friendship
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stringent
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strict; restrictive
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voluminous
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very large
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auspicious
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favorable; promising
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fickle
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unpredictable
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lethargy
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sluggishness; laziness
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hackneyed
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banal; overused
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amass
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to accumulate
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willful
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deliberate; insistent on having ones way
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bastion
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stronghold; fortress
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trepidation
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fear; apprehension
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descrate
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to profane a holy place
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fortuitous
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accidental
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vehement
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urgent; passionate
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assuage
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to soothe
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prodigious
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extraordaniary
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torpor
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sluggishness; inactivity
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furtive
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secretive
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supercilious
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haughty; patronizing
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prudent
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careful; having foresight
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verbose
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wordy; over talkative
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pedestrian
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common
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innocuous
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harmless
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fanatic
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one who is extremely devoted to a cause
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