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75 Cards in this Set
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abate
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reduce or lesson
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abdicate
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give up a position
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aberration
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something unusual, different from the norm
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abhor
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to really hate
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abstain
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to refrain from doing something
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adversity
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hardship, misfortune
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aesthetic
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pertaining to beauty
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amicable
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agreeable
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anachronistic
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out of the context of time, out of date
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arid
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very dry
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asylum
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sanctuary, place of safety
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benevolent
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friendly, helpful
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bias
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a prejudice towards something or against something
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boisterous
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enthusiastic, loud
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brazen
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bold
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brusque
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short, rude
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camaraderie
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togetherness, trust, group dynamic of trust
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canny
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careful
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capacious
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very large, spacious
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capitulate
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surrender
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clairvoyant
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can predict the future
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collaborate
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work together
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compassion
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sympathy
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compromise
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meeting in the middle, settling differences
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condescending
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patronizing
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conditional
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contingent upon something else, contingent upon
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conformist
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someone who follows the majority
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convergence
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coming together
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deleterious
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harmful
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demagogue
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rabble-rousing leader
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digression
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straying from main point
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diligent
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hard-working, dedicated
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discredit
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dishonor someone, prove something untrue
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disdain
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to regard with scorn
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divergent
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moving apart, going i different directions
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empathy
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feeling someone else's feeling
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emulate
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folloewing
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enervating
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tiring
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ephemeral
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fleeting, temporary
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evanescent
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not lasting long
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exemplary
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outstanding
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extenuating
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something that makes the situation not as bad
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florid
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ornate
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forbearance
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patience, restraint
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fortitude
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strength
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fortuitous
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lucky
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foster
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promote, aid
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fraught
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filled with
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frugal
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thrifty
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hackneyed
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cliched
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haughty
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being arrogant, talking down to people
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hedonist
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person who acts in pursuit of pleasure
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hypothesis
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unproven theory, educated guess
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Impetuous
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rash, impulsive
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impute
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to assign or attribute to someone
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inconsequential
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without consequence, trivial, doesn't matter
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inevitable
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unavailable, definitely going to happen
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intrepid
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fearless
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intuitive
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knowing something by instinct
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jubilation
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extreme happiness, joy
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lobbyist
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person who takes one side or the other, and persuades government
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longevity
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long (particularly long life)
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mundane
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boring, ordinary
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nonchalant
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casual, calm, at ease
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opulent
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wealthy
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orator
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speaker
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ostentatious
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flaunting wealth
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parched
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freed from water, dried up
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perfidious
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disloyal
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pragmatic
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practical
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precocious
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gifted/talented beyond one's years
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pretentious
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being self important, thinking you are better than others
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procrastinate
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to delay, often unnecessarily
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prosaic
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ordinary
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prosperity
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wealth
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