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30 Cards in this Set
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Palpable
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readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived; tangable
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Sacrosanct
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extremely sacred or inviolable
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Modest
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free from showiness
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Adorn
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Decorate
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Prescriptive
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determined by long standing custom or usage
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Arabesque
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Elaborate design
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Filigreed
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intricatley ornamented
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Coruscate
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Sparkle and glitter
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fugacious
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Passing away quickly
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Specters
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Haunting Images
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Apologist
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one who devends or justifies something
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Axiomatic
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universally recognized as true
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Corroborated
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supported with other evidence
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Demur
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Voice opposition
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Dissuade
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Deter someone by persuasion
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extolled
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praised highly
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fallacy
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false notion
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obsequious
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overly attentive
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postulated
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assumed as true
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ruminated
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reflected
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Surrogate
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a person appointed to act for another
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Presage
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an omen, something that forshadows an event
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Sagacious
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having acutemental descernment and keen practical sense, wise
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Abrogate
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to abolish by formal or official means
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Derogatory
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Tending to lesson the merit of a person or thing
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prerogative
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an exclusive right or privlage
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arrogate
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to assign to another
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subrogate
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to put in place of another
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Interrogate
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to examine by questions
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Prorogue
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to defer; postpone
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