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50 Cards in this Set
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Belligerent
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Warlike, given to waging war; Aggressively Hostile
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Besmirch
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to soil; tarnish; discolor
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Caustic
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capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.; sarcastic
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Clamor
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a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people; a vehement expression of desire or dissatisfaction
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Copious
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large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful
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Crux
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a vital, basic, decisive, or pivotal point, a cross
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Defer
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to put off (action, consideration, etc.) to a future time; to exempt temporarily from induction into military service
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Deify
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to make a god of; exalt to the rank of a deity
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Derogatory
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tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing
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Entice
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to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure
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Erudite
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characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly
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Flamboyant
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strikingly bold or brilliant; showy, conspicuously dashing and colorful; elaborate
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Gist
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the main or essential part of a matter
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Meticulous
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taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough
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Palpitate
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to pulsate with unusual rapidity from exertion, emotion, disease, etc
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Paradox
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a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth
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Permeable
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That can be permeated or penetrated, especially by liquids or gases
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Provincial
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belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local; manners, viewpoints, etc., considered characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province
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Pugilist
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a person who fights with the fists; a boxer, usually a professional
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Raucous
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harsh; strident; grating, rowdy, disorderly
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Receptive
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able or quick to receive knowledge, ideas, etc
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Repugnance
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strong distaste, aversion, or objection; antipathy
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Retentive
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tending or serving to retain something
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Sanctimonious
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a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, feigning piety etc
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Scenario
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an imagined or projected sequence of events, esp. any of several detailed plans or possibilities
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Seemly
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suitable or appropriate; fitting, of good taste; pleasing, handsome (Ryan McGuire)
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Sobriety
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the state or quality of being sober
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Soluble
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capable of being dissolved or liquefied; able to be solved etc
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Spartan
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sternly disciplined and rigorously simple, frugal, or austere
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Stagnant
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not flowing or running, as water, air, etc, stale or foul from standing; inactive, sluggish, or dull
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Steadfast
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fixed in direction; steadily directed; firm in purpose, resolved
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Sycophant
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a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite
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Tacit
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understood without being openly expressed; implied, unspoken
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Tantamount
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equivalent, as in value, force, effect, or signification
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Temerity
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reckless boldness; rashness
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Thrive
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to prosper; be fortunate or successful; to grow, flourish
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Travail
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painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil
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Truculence
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fierce; cruel; savagely brutal
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Unctuous
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of the nature of or characteristic of an unguent or ointment; oily; greasy, excessively smooth/suave
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Unrequited
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not returned or reciprocated, not satisfied
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Valor
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boldness or determination in facing great danger, esp. in battle; heroic courage; bravery
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Vanguard
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the foremost division or the front part of an army; advance guard the forefront in any movement, field, activity
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Vehement
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zealous; ardent; impassioned strongly emotional/passionate
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Verbatim
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in exactly the same words; word for word
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Vertigo
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dizzying sensation of tilting within stable surroundings or of being in tilting or spinning surroundings
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Wallow
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to roll about or lie in water, snow, mud etc.; to live self-indulgently/luxuriously
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Wistful
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characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning
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Wither
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to shrivel; fade; decay, lose freshness of youth
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Yen
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To have a strong desire or inclination; yearn
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Zephyr
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a gentle, mild breeze; any of various things of fine, light quality, as fabric, yarn
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