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81 Cards in this Set
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Plaudits
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Applause; enthusiastic praise or approval
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Excerpt
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A passage taken from a book, article, etc..
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Laggard
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A person who moves slowly or falls behind
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Revert
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To return, go back
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Discordant
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Disagreeable in sound, jarring; lacking in harmony, conflicting
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Vigil
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A watch, especially at night; any period of watchful attention
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Churlish
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Lacking politeness or good manners; lacking sensitivity; difficult to work with or deal with; rude
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Collaborate
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To work with, work together
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Grope
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To feel about hesistantly with the hands; to search bindly and uncertainly
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Bonanza
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A rich mass of ore in a mine; something very valuable, profitable, or rewarding; a source of wealth or prosperity; a very large amount; sudden profit or gain
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Antics
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Ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions
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Incognito
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In a disguised state, under an assumed name or identity
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Frugal
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Economical, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty, poor, meager
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Congested
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Overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess
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Durable
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Sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyedl lasting for a long time; consumer goods used repeatedly over a series of years
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Maim
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To cripple, disable, injure, mar, disfigure, mutilate
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Glut
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To provide more than is needed or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of overstuffing
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Avowed
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Declared openly and without shame, acknowledged
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Invalidiate
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To make valueless, take away all force or effect
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Minimize
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To make as small as possible, make the least of; to make smaller than before
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Longetivity
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Long life, long duration, length of life
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Elite
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The choice part of a group of people or things
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Devoid
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Not having or using, lacking
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Relevant
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Connected with or related to the matter at hand
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Audacious
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Bold, adventurous, recklessly daring
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Unison
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A sounding together; agreement or accord
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Instigate
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To urge on; to stir up, provoke, start, incite
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Skittish
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Extremely nervous and easily frightened; shy or timid; extremly cautious; unstable, undependable
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Vie
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To compete, to strive for victory or superiority
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Willful
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Stubbornly self-willed; done on purpose, deliberate
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Blasé
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Indifferent, bored as a result of having enjoyed many pleasures; apathetic
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Frivolous
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Of little importance, not worthy of serious attention; not meant seriously
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Muster
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To bring together for service or battle; to gather or summon; to amount to, comprise, include
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Oust
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To remove, drive out of a position or place
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Peruse
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To read thouroghly and carefully
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Prone
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Lying face down; inclined, lkely
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Prone
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Lying face down; inclined, lkely
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Residue
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A remainder, that which remains when a part has been used up or removed
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Qualm
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A pang of conscience, uneasiness, misgiving, or doubt; a feeling of faintness or nausea
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Staid
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Serious and dignified; quiet or subdued in character or conduct
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Solicitious
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Showing concern or care; fearful or anxious about somoene or something
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Ample
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More than enough, large, spacious
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Facetious
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Humorous, not meant seriously
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Ethical
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Having do to with morals, values, right and wrong; in accordance with standards of right conduct; requiring a prescription for purchase
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Epitaph
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A brief staement written on a tomb or gravestone
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Intrigue
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Crafty dealings, underhanded plotting
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Apparition
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A ghost or ghostly figure; an unexplained or unusual appearance
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Plebian
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Common, vulgar; belonging to the lower class
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Inaudible
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Not able to be heard
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Indiscriminate
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Without restraint or control; unselective
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Sequel
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That which follows, a result; a literary work or fim continuing the story of one written or made earlier
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Aloof
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Withdrawn, standing apart from others (usually as a matter of choice)
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Anguish
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Great mental suffering, distress, or pain
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Articulate
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To pronounce distictly; to express well in words; to fit together into a system
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Premonition
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Forewarning or foreboding of a future event
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Pseudonym
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A pen name, name assurned by a writer
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Purge
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To wash away impurites, clean up
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Repercussion
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An effect or concequence of some action or event, result; an echo or reverberation
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Rehabilitate
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To make over in good form; to restore to good condition or to a former position
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Retentive
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Able to hold, keep, or recall; retaining knowlege easily
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Scapegoat
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A person or thing carrying the blame for others
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Parry
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To ward off, fend off, deflect, evade, avoid
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Turncoat
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A person who switches to an opposing side or party
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Haggard
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Thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering; wild- looking
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Belittle
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To make something appear smaller that it is; to refer to in a way that suggests lack of importance or value
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Tawdry
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Showy and flashy but lacking in good taste
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Acme
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The highest point
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Menial
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Lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity
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Ravage
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To destroy, lay waste, ruin
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Stance
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A way of holding the body; an attitude or position on an issue
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Wallow
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To roll about in a lazy, clumsy, or helpless way; to overindulge in; to have in abundance
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Attire
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Clothes, apparel, garb
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Crony
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A very close friend, pal, chum, buddy
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Cryptic
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Puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic
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Divergent
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Going in different directions; different from each other; departing from convention, deviant
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Enmity
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Hatred, ill-will
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Gaunt
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Thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren
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Nullify
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To make of no value or concequence, cancel, wipe out
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Rankle
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To cause anger, irritation, or bitterness (with suggestion that the pain grows worse with time)
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Stoical
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Self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain
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Unflagging
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Tireless, continuing with vigor
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