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50 Cards in this Set
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Abstruse
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difficult to understand, recondite, concealed
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affable
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friendly, courteous, amiable
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audacity
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excessive boldness, rashness, daring
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contrite
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extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant
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credulous
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believing on slight evidence, gullible
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depravity
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moral corruption, a wicked or perverse act
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deprecate
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to disapprove regretfully, to belittle, to express mild disapproval
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didactic
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instructive, designed to teach
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dormant
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inactive, sleeping
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enigmatic
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mysterious, inexplicable, puzzling
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erudite
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scholarly
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exotic
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foreign, unfamiliar
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fuse
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to mix or to join
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immutable
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unchanging
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incorrigible
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incapable of being reformed or improved
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loathe
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to detest
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mitigate
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to cause to become less harsh or hostile; to make less severe
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nullify
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to cause not to be in effect, to negate
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pacifistic
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opposed to war or use of force
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pretentious
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making an extravagant outward show, self-important
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prologue
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introductory remarks in a speech, play or literary work, introductory action
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recant
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to withdraw or to repudiate a statement or belief, revoke
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servile
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overly submissive
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trepidation
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fear, trembling, agitation
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vilify
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to malign, to defame, to utter abusive statements against
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aesthetic
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relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art
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aloof
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apart, indifferent
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archaic
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antiquated, old, out of use
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assuage
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to ease to mitigate, to make less painful or burdensome, to calm
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belie
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to contradict, to give a false impression
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contentious
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quarrelsome, stirring controversy
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daunt
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to intimidate, to dismay
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debilitate
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to weaken, or enfeeble
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discord
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lack of agreement, tension, strife
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dissemination
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the act of spreading widely; scattering
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Dogmatic
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strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner
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duplicity
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double-dealing, hypocrisy
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egocentric
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self-centered, selfish
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euphemism
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substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is offensive
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gluttonous
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greedy for food and drink
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mundane
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ordinary, commonplace
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ominous
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threatening
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petulance
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unreasonable touchiness or irritability
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pompous
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exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance, bombastic
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precocious
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exceptionally early in development or occurrence
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slothful
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lazy, indolent
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trivia
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insignificant matters
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verbose
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wordy, very talkative
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virulent
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extremely poisonous; hateful
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volatile
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quickly changeable, easily vaporized
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