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139 Cards in this Set
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Annihalation
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extinction
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Armament
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weapons, explosives
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Compendium
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comprehensive summary of a subject
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Conciousness
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awareness
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Contived
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planned
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Denounce
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criticize, condemn, accuse
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Flog
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beat, punish, whip
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Inscrutable
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impassice, mysterious
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Interminable
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everlasting, endless
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Meagerness
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lacking quantity
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Mutability
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metamorphasis
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Partasinship
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bias, membership
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Ramification
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result, consiquence
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Raspingly
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harshly
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Ration
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portion
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Truncheon
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stick carried by police
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Unorthodox
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eccentric, strange
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Urbane
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sophisticated
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Vaporize
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vanish
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Vindictive
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revengful, spiteful
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Complacent
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cocky, satisfied
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Deride
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to laugh at someone, thinking they are of no value
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Equivocal
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uclear
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Espionage
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the discovering of secrets
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Galvanize
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excite, stimulate
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Heresy
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unorthodoxy, blasfimy
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Inexorable
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relentless, unyeilding
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Inherently
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exhisting as a natural part of something
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Odious
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Odiousunpleasant, detestable
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Perverse
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eccentrice, pevish
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Predicament
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dilemma, quagmire
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Proletariat
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working class
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Renounce
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accept
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Sanction
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to punish
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Sanguine
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pessimistice, fatalistic
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Sordid
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dirty, foul
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Stalwart
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disloyal, tratorous
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Strident
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course, rasping
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Tableax
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freeseframe, snapshot
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Venerable
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respectable, honorable
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Camaraderie
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companionship
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Debauchery
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desire
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Dissuade
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deprecate
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Edify
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enlighten
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Gesticulate
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gesture
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Impertinence
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assurance
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Ineffectual
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worthless
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Invariably
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consistantly
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Irrepressible
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uncontainable
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Multifarious
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diverse
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Obsolete
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ancient
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Officious
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unofficial
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Pedantic
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pessimistic
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Propensity
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tendancy
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Pugnacious
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aggressive
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rectify
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correct
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Shrewish
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nagging
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Sinecure
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vulnerable
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Succomb
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surrender
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Acuteness
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keenness
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Avaricious
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greedy, selfish
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Callous
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apathetic
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Capitulate
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succomb, surrender
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Cockney
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type of speech used by lower class British people
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Dearth
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scarcety, lack
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Disconcerting
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disturbing, troubling
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Disparage
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deride, belittle
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Effigy
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statue, representation
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Execrate
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denounce, abhor
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Expropriate
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take, sieze, steal
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Fatuous
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stupid, moronic
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Febrile
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imaginative, excited
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Flagrant
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blatant, obvious
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Iniquity
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wickedness, immorality
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Insatiable
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unsatisfiable, ravenous
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Lurid
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sordid, horrifying
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Omnipotent
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almighty, all-powerful
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Prescient
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phsycic
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Prosaic
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mudane, unimaginative
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Censure
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denounce, condemn
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Copious
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abundant, plentiful
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Decimate
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annihalate
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Didactic
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pedantic
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Disparate
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different, contrasting
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Dissonance
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dicord, disagreement
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Feign
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fake, pretend
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Frenetic
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active, frantic
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Irreverent
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disrespectful, cheaky
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Laud
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glorify
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Pandemonium
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caios
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Pompous
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cocky
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Prudence
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cautiousnes
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Rationalize
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justify
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Reprehensive
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sinful
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Spartan
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simple
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Thwart
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stop, prevent
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Torpid
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lethargic, dead
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Trepidation
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apprehension, fear
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Validity
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lagitimacy
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Ambiguous
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unclear, dubious
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Arbitrate
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settle, judge
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Archaic
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obsolete, ancient
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Austere
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Spartan
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Bucolic
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Countryish
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Burgeon
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flourish, grow
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Capricious
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changeable, erratic
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Circumspection
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prudent, cautious
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Enigma
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pussling, mystery
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Entice
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lure
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Guile
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sneakyness, slyness
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Incessant
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continuous
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Insubordination
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disobediance, irreverance
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Intransigence
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stubbornness
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Jettison
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discard, throw away
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Lithe
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graceful, flexible
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Mooring
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anchors
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Phlegmatic
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impassive
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Sanctimonious
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rightous, pompous
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Timorous
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nervous and lacking confidence
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Ambivalent
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unsure, indecisive
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Amenable
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open, accepting
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Augment
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increase, enlarge
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Circumvetn
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avoid, evade, ellude
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Coax
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cajole, persuade
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Encapsulate
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summarize
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Engulf
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awallow, overwelm
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Facade
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guise, mask
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Grandoise
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grand
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Incisive
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clear
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Inundate
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flood, overwelm
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Languid
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lethargic, dull
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Luguborious
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sad, gloomy
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Narcissism
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conceited, self-admiration
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Obstinate
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stubborn
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Palatable
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acceptable
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Sordonic
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facetious, sarcastic
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Stymie
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thwart, prevent
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Vex
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agitate, annoy
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Vilify
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slander, insult
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