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57 Cards in this Set
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pulchvitude
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inner beauty
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renounce
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to give up a claim to a title, position, or right
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acquiesce
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to agree passively
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vanquish
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to beat in a game, arguement, etc.
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amicable
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friendly
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surfeit
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excessive amount that sickens
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replete
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fully suplied
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aggrandize
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make somthing or someone seem better through exaggerated praise
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articulate
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able to express thoughts or ideas clearly
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ignominious
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shamefully weak and ineffective
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alteration
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fight
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revere
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to admire
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elucidate
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explain or clarify
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taciturn
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habitually uncommunucatuve or reserved
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abhor
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to hate
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embellish
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to make an account more interesting by adding details
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instigate
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cause trouble
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aesthetic
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appreciative of art or beauty
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expurgate
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removing offensive passages
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paradox
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seemingly contradictory statement that is actually true
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infallible
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incapable of making a mistake
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scrutinize
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examine closely
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premonition
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a "feeling" that something is going to happen
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superfluous
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excess
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innocuous
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harmless
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paraphrase
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to restate in simpler words
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elicit
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cause something to happen
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imperious
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arrogant, bossy, haughty
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prerequisite
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something that is requires for something else to happen
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cognizant
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fully aware
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succumb
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to give in
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diminutive
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very small
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reticent
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unwilling to communicate
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indelible
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unremovable
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penchant
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strong liking
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slothful
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lazy
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vociferous
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loud
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transcendant
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superior in quality or acheivement
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vacillation
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indecisiveness
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trite
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cliched
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satiate
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satisfy
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elusive
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hard to comprehend
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truncate
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cut-off
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succintt
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brief
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rebuttal
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response
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verbosity
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long-winded language
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rectify
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to correct
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exploit
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take advantage of
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miser
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money hoader
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prodigal
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reckless in spending
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precarious
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dangerouly unstable
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urbane
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sophisticated
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mundane
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boring
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exacerbate
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to make an already bad situatuion worse
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truant
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one who skips
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slander
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lie
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vivid
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intense, bright
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