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82 Cards in this Set
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impervious
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impossible to penetrate
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impetuous
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quick to act without thinking
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implacable
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unalbe to be calmed down or made peaceful
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inchoate
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not fully formed, disorganized
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ingenuous
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showing innocence or childlike simplicity
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inimical
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hostile unfriendly
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innocuous
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harmless
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insipid
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lakcing interest or flavor
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intransigent
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uncompromising, refusing to be reconciled
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inundate
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to overwhelm to cover with water
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irascible
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easily made angry
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laconic
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using few words
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lament
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to express sorrow, to grieve
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laud
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to give praise, to glorify
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lavish
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to give unsparingly
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lethargic
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acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner
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loquacious
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talkative
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lucid
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clear, easily understood
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luminous
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bright brillant ,glowing
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malinger
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to evade responsiblity by pretending to be ill
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malleable
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capable of being shaped
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metaphor
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a figure of speech comparing two different things, a symbol
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meticulous
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extremely careful about details
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misanthrope
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a person who dislikes others
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mitigate
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to soften, to lessen
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mollify
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to calm or make less severe
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monotony
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lack of variation
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naive
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lacking sophistication or experience
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obdurate
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hardened in feelin, resistant to persuasion
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obsequious
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overly submissive and eager to please, compliant, deferential, servile
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obstinate
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stubborn, unyielding, pertinacious
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obviate
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to prevent, to make unnecssary
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occlude
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to stop up, to prevent the passage of
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onerous
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troublesome and oppressive, burdensome, difficult, exacting, arduous
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opaque
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impossible to see through
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opprobrium
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public disgrace, dishonor
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ostentation
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excessive showiness
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paradox
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contradiction or dilemma
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paragon
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model of excellence or perfection, apotheosis
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pedant
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someone who shows off learning
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perfidious
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willing to betray one's trust
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perfunctory
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done in a reoutine way, indifferent
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permeate
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to pentetrate, to imbue
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philantropy
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charity
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placate
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to soothe, pacify
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plastic
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able to be modleed or bent, pliant
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plethora
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excess, surfeit
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pragmatic
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practical as opposed to idealistic
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precipitate
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to throw violently or bring about abruptly, lacking deliberation, abrupt
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prevaricate
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to lie or deviate from the truth, equivocate, perjure
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pristine
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fresh and clean
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prodigal
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lavish, wasteful, extravagant
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proliferate
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to increase in number quickly
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propitiate
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to conciliate, to appease
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propriety
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correct behavior, obedience to rules and customs
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prudence
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wisdom, caution, or restraint
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pungent
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shart and irritating to the senses
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quiesecent
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motionless
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rarefy
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to make thinner or sparser
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repudiate
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to reject the validity of
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reticent
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silent, reserved
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rhetoric
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effectiuve writing or speaking
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satiate
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to satisfy fully or overindulge
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soporific
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causing sleep or lethargy
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specious
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deceptively attractive, seemingly plausible but fallacious
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stigma
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mark of shame or discredit, blemish
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stolid
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unemotional, lacking sensitivity
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sublime
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lofty or grand. grand noble glorious
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tacit
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done without using words
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taciturn
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silent, not talkative
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tirade
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long, harsh speech or verbal attack, diatribe, fulmination, harangue, vilification
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torpor
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extreme mental and physical sluggishness
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transitory
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temporary, lasting a brief time
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vacillate
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to sway physically, to be indecisive
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venerate
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to respect deeply
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veracity
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filled with truth and accuracy
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verbose
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wordy
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vex
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to annoy, to irk
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volatile
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lively or explosive, tempermental, capricious
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waver
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to fluctuate between choices
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whimsical
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acting in a fanciful or capricious manner, unpredictable
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zeal
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passion, excitement, fervor
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