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39 Cards in this Set
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vociferous
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adj- strongly making a statement
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garrulous
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adj- talkative
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taciturn
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adj- shy; unwilling to talk
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munificent
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adj- generous
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reticent
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adj- tending not to talk
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effusive
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adj- a gushing forth
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crude
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adj- undefined, lacking grace
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docile
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adj- easily taught, led, managed
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infallibile
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adj- incapable of error
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doggedness
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adj- stubbornly determined
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bolstered
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to support, reinforce
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vacillation
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adj- changing your mind'beliefs
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idyllic
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n- a work or poem describing a country as peaceful
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invidious
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adj- tending to cause discontent
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impromptu
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adj- made or done on the spur of a moment
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eclectic
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adj- selecting or made up of what is seemed to be the best of a variety of sources
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dogma
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n- a doctine(s) formally proclaimed by a church
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clandestine
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adj- held in or conducted in secrecy
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sanguine
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adj- ruddy, cheerful, hopeful
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autonomous
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adj-having the right of self government
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legitimacy
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lawful, genuine, conforming to the rules
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intransigence
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adj- uncompromising
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wary
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adj- cautious, careful of danger
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disparage
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v- to lower in rank or reputation
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dally
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v- to play amorously, to waste rime, to flirt
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infelicitious
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adj- inappropriate
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pragmatic
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adj- of or relating to practical affairs
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boor
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adj- rude insensitive person
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fastidious
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adj- overly difficult to please
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petulant
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adj-Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish.
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sedulous
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adj- dilligent
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assiduous
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adj- diligent
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vindictive
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adj- disposed to revenge; intended ofr or involving revenge
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treacle
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n- antidote for a poisonous bite
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cursory
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adj- rapidly and often superficially done; hasty
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prosaic
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adj- lacking imagination or excitement
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meticulous
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adj- extremely careful in attending to details
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consecrate
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v- to induct into an office with religious rite
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vacuity
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n- an empty space; the state, fact, quality of being empty
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