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30 Cards in this Set
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to make unnecessary
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obviate
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to flatter fulsomely
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adulate
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to spread slander about
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malign
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economical in speech
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laconic
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trite and hackneyed
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banal
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word for word
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verbatim
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killing of masses of people
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genocide
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inheritance from one's father
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patrimony
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beliefe in many gods
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polytheism
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a person aggresssively fighting for a cause
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militant
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sincere; valid; in good faith
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Bona Fide
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Babbling ceaselessly about trivia
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Garrulous
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to speak to oneself, as in a play
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soliloquize
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masterpiece
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magnum Opus
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unselfish; not revengeful
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magnanimous
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able to walk after being bedridden
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ambulatory
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morbid fear of heights
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acrophobia
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the killing of one's borther
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fratricide
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opposite in meaning
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antonym
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joy of life
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joie de vivre
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to rob of life or vigor
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devitalize
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inexperience, unsophistication
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naivete
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scrupulously careful in the observance of proper procedure
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punctilious
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clear, understandable
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perspicuous
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wary, cautious, watchful
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circumspect
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a backward look
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retrospect
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all of one mind
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unanimous
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uncomplaining in face of pain, misfortune, or emotional difficulties
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stoical
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between cities
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interurban
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inability to fall asleep
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insomnia
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