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58 Cards in this Set
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Abashed
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Ashamed or embarassed
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Abstruse
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Hard to understand; incomprehensible
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Acerbic
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Sour, harsh, or severe
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Acquiesce
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To submit/comply silently without protest
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Admonish
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To caution, advise against something; to scorn
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Affable
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friendly, approachable
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Ameliorate
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To make or become better
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Assiduous
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Committed, hard-working
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Assuage
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To soothe, make milder or less severe
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Audacious
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Extremely bold or daring
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Auspicious
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Lucky, to be marked by chance, favorable
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Banal
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Tired, lacking importance or freshness; bland, dull
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Bemused
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Stunned, bewildered, confused
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Capricious
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Whimsical, committing actions that are odd and fanciful
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Caustic
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Dissolvance; angry or corrosive natured
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Complacent
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Pleased, satisified, content
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Culpable
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Deserving blame; guilty
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Deprecate
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To express disapproval of
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Despondent
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Feeling or showing much hopeless or gloom
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Diatribe
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A bitter, sharply abusive attack by critism
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Digress
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To turn aside from the main subject of attention or arguement
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Dogmatic
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Opinionated, stubborn, inflexible
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Ephemeral
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Lasting one day or a short period of time
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Fastidious
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To be extremely picky
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Fervor
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Intensity of emotion
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Frenetic
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Wild, chaotic
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Hedonistic
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Devoted to the pleasure of lifestyle
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Incessant
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Never-ending; annoying
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Incorrigible
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Difficult to discipline or control
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Indolence
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Lazy; lethargic
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Lugubrious
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Gloomy, sad, depressed
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Magnanimous
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Extremely charitable
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Malaise
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A general sense of unease
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Obsequious
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Kiss-up, flattering, submissive
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Ominous
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bad luck, unlucky
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Ostentatious
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Flashy, show-off, showy, snobby, braggy
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Pensive
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Thoughtful, reflective; a slight kind of sadness
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Pious
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Extremely devoted, religious
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Pontificate
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To speak as if you are the highest authority who can not be wrong
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Pragmatic
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Pratical
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Profound
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Deep
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Prudent
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Cautious, wise, careful
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Pugnacious
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Looking for a fight
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Revere
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To worship, honor, praise
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Sage
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Very wise
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Scrupulous
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Pain-staking, principled
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Solemn
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Very serious, somber
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Stoic
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Indifferent towards pain and pleasure
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Supercilious
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Having or showing arrogant superiority to the "unworthy"
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Sycophant
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Fawning Parasite
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Taciturn
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Not talkative
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Temper
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To calm down, to soothe
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Tenacity
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Stubborness
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Tenuous
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Long, thin, slender
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Terse
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Brief
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Timorous
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Full of fear, fearful
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Transcend
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To overcome, to surpass, to rise above
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Vexed
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Angered
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