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50 Cards in this Set
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Acme
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the top, the very best
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Alacrity
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cheerful quickness
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Austere
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lacking decoration or adornment, strict in manner and behavior
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Banal
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predictably commonplace
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Belie
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to contradict, represent falsely
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Bilk
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to defraud, swindle
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Clarity
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clearness, simplicity, or ease of appearance, thought or style
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Abeyance
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suspended action
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Adept
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expertise at something
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Affable
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pleasant, polite, easy to be around and speak with
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Benediction
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a blessing
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Bucolic
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characterist of rural, rustic or countryside
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Chastise
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to punish, verbally reproach
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Conundrum
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an apparently unsolvable riddle or situation
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Coerce
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to act predictably because of pressure or undue influence
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Depravity
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immoral, corrupt
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Decorous
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proper, civilized, appropraite, especially in behavior
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Elucidate
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to make simple, clear, easy to understand
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Farce
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a ridiculous situation or example generally meant to show something shouldn't be taken too serious or intended to make fun of it
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Gradient
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a slope, incline, or decline
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Deleterious
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having an unhealthy, damaging effects
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Didactic
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intended to teach or instruct, usually of a moral nature
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Enmity
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strongly held feeligns of hatred and loathing- usually mutual
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Embroil
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to throw into confusion or chaos, also relating to arguments or fights
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Expedite
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to make faster or hurry
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Haughty
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acting excessively prideful
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Idyllic
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free from worry or concern, simple
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Jocular
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characterized by joking
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Mercurial
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being swift, quick to change, shrewd
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Ominous
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having a foreboding, menacing meaning
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Pandemic
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common or widespread
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Punctilious
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close attention to the details of ones dress, apperance, and behavior
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Harbinger
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an indicator or forefunner of future events
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Kindle
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to arouse or stir up, emotions or a fire
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Malcontent
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person unhappy with the present situation
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Nascent
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just starting or coming into existence
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Palliate
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to make less severe, water down, easier to accept
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Paradigm
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a pattern or model containing fundamental assumptions
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Reticent
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restrained, keepign things close, tightlipped
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Specious
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having the perception of truth and accuracy but really being false
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Swagger
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to walk, move, or talk with a boastful, prideful manner
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Thwart
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to prevent, oppose, or block
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Torrid
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scorched, burning, passionate
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Winsome
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charming and likeable often in a childlike or ideal way
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Repartee
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conversation marked by quick retorts and off-the-cuff jokes
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Sage
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a wise person of high regard, generally of advance years, also an herb
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Substantiated
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to offer evidence or support, to make more reliable or believable
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Torpor
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a state of inaction, depression, malaise
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Trite
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lakcing effect from overuse or being excessively common
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Zenith
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the hights point in the course of a body or object
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