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60 Cards in this Set
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substantiate
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verify; support
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exacerbate
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worssen; embitter
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undermine
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weaken; sap
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relegate
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delegate
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digression
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wandering away from a subject
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rancor
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hatred
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consensus
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general agreement
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ephemeral
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short lived
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ambiguous
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unclear
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recluse
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loner
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exhaustive
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thorough...tired from being so thorough
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placate
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pacify
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flagrant
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outrageous...flagrant foul
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capricious
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unpredictable; fickle
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duplicity
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two faced
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belie
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misrepresent
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taciturn
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silent
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brevity
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concise
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pervasive
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spreading throughout
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surreptitious
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secret; sneaky; furtive
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extricate
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free; distangle
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erudite
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scholarly
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reticence
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silent
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dogmatic
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stubborn
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incorrigible
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not correctable
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reprehensible
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deserving blame
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fastidious
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difficult to please
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censorious
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critical
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explicit
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totally clear
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denounce
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critize; condemn
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piety
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godliness
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pretentious
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overly ambitious; pompous
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inundate
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overwhelm; flood; submerge
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elusive
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baffling; hard to grasp
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euphemism
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mild expression in place of an unpleasent one
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disparity
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difference
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venerate
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revere
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presumptuous
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overconfident
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sanction
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approve; ratify
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ascetic
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practicing self-denial; austere
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deterrent
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something that discourages
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esoteric
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hard to understand; known only to a chosen few
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deprecate
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to express disapproval
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exonerate
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free from blame
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repudiate
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disown
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disparage
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belittle
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precocious
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advanced in development
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discerning
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having insight
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credulity
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gullibility
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usurp
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seize another's power
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contentious
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quarrlesome
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preclude
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make impossible; eliminate
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corroborate
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confirm; support
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disseminate
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spread; scatter
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profound
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deep; not superficial
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anarchist
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someone who overturns the government
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ponderous
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weighty
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scrutinize
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examine closely and critically
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adulation
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adoration
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vacillate
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fluctuate
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