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49 Cards in this Set
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abstemious
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holding back from eating or drinking too much
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alimentary
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relating to food or nourishment
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culinary
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having to do with cooking, preparing meals
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delectable
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delicious
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emaciated
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very, very thin due to lack of adequate food; terribly undernourished
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epicurean
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having to do with relishing the pleasure of eating and drinking
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glutton
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one who overindulges in food and drink
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palatable
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pleasing to the taste buds
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ravenous
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very hungry
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savory
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tasty or good smelling
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voracious
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greedy; gluttonous; ravenous; insatiable
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chary
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cautious; wary
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circumspect
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careful and cautious before acting
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conscientious
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relating to doing what one knows is right; scrupulous
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exacting
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requiring a great deal of care or effort; painstaking
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gingerly
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very carefully
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heedful
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paying careful attention to
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meticulous
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very careful; fussy; finicky; fastidious
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scrupulous
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showing great care and honesty, based on personal belief of what is right and proper
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vigilant
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carefully alert and watchful
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wary
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cautious, careful
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ephemeral
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lasting a short time; fleeting
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evanescent
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vanishing quickly; fleeting
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fleeting
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short-lived
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itinerant
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wandering about; tending to move around, travel
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nomadic
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wandering
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peripatetic
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moving or walking about; itinerant
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transient
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lasting for only a short-time; temporary
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transitory
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fleeting
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volatile
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explosive or changing very quickly
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antediluvian
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very, very old; antiquated
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antiquated
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very old and no longer in use; obsolete
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antiquity
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ancient times
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archaic
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old; from a much earlier time; antiquated
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obsolete
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old; outdated, no longer in use
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relic
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a custom or object that has been around for a very, very long time
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contemporary
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modern, new; relating to the same time period
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inception
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the start, the beginning of something
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innovation
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something new
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novel
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new
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unprecedented
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novel; unparalleled
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clandestine
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hidden, secret, concealed
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covert
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secret, hidden
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furtive
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sneaky
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inconspicuous
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hardly noticeable
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sly
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underhanded, furtive
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stealthy
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secretive, sly
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surreptitious
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done or made in a secret, stealthy way
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unobtrusive
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inconspicuous; not easily noticed
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