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53 Cards in this Set
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abash
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shame
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aberration
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defect
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abstruse
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hard to understand, deep
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acerbic
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bitter
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advantageous
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beneficial
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adversity
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misfortune
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affluence
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wealth
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allege
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to claim to be true, assert
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alloy
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mixture
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amenable
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willing to do, agreeable about
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amplify
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to magnify
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analgesic
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painkiller
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annul
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cancel, invalidate
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antagonism
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hatred, hostility
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arbiter
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judge
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arid
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dry
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asbestos
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a fireproof material
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assail
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to attack
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assiduous
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hard-working, diligent
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audible
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capable of being heard
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authoritative
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all-powerful
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avaricious
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greedy
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avow
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state to be true, claim
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belabor
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overdo a point, say to an excess
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benevolent
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charitable
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blandishment
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flattery
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bolster
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to support
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bruque
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abrupt
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buttress
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support, brace, bolster
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calligrapher
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penmen
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cantankerous
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quarrelsome, grouchy
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caricature
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parody, a humorous likeness of
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catalyze
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to speed up, change the rate of
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censor
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to find fault in, to assess as bad
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circumvent
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surround, go around
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circuitous
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indirect
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clandestine
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secret, hidden
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coalesce
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come together
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cohesive
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united
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collective
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made by a group
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commensurate
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proportionate to
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concede
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to admit to be tru, go along with
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conciliatory
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leading to peace, pacific
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condone
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forgive
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conflagration
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a big, destructive fire
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consensus
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agreement
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conspicuous
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a component of, people in a political district
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contemptuous
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hateful, scornful
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contingent
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possible
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convivial
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sociable,friendly
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cordial
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friendly
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crass
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vulgar, tasteless
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cursory
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hasy, hurried
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