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50 Cards in this Set
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Ponderous
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weighty
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Arrogance
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proud and offensive self-esteem
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Commodious
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roomy
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Distraught
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bewildered; perplexed
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Expedient
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convenient; advantageous
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Interment
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burial
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Portentous
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prophetic of evil
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Stalwart
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brave
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Artless
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frank; without cunning
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Compatible
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agreeable; consistent
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Diurnal
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daily
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Expiate
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atone for sin
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Interminable
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endless
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Posthumous
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occuring after death
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Stentorian
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loud
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Ascetic
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self-denying
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Compendium
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summary
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Divulge
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disclose
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Expatriate
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exile
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Internment
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imprisonment; incarceration
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Postulate
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hypothesis
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Stigma
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blemish
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Ascribe
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attribute
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Complacent
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self-satisfied
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Docile
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submissive
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Explicit
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clearly expressed
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Intrepid
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fearless
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Potent
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powerful
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Stigmatize
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brand
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Askance
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distrustfully
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Complaisant
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complying; courteous
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Doggerel
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trivial poetry
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Expeditious
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speedy
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Intrinsic
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basic; inherent
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Precarious
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dangerously uncertain
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Stoic
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indifferent to pain or pleasure
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Askew
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turned to one side
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Compunction
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sorrow for sin
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Dogmatic
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strongly asserting an opinion
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Expostulate
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reason earnestly with
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Inundate
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flood
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Precedence
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going before
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Asperity
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harshness; severity in temper
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Con
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read carefully
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Doleful
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sad
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Expunge
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erase
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Inure
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harden
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Precedent
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tradition established by time
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Strident
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harsh-sounding
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Assiduous
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attentive; diligent
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