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22 Cards in this Set
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stimulating, arousing; vexing, galling; a stimulus, incentive
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provocative
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vituperation, abuse; a diatribe, philippic
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invective
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variegated, heterogeneous, diverse; a fool
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motley
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the substance, essence, core, nucleus
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gist
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seated, sitting; stationary, static
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sedentary
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immoral, corrupt; a scoundrel, blackguard
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reprobate
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composure, tranquillity, imperturbability
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equanimity
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bounteous, generous, lavish, liberal
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munificent
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to stall, temporize, delay, dillydally
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procrastinate
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to hound, pester, harass, nag
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dun
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effective, effectual; potent, powerful
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efficacious
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antagonistic; deleterious, pernicious
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inimical
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commotion, pandemonium; chaos, anarchy
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bedlam
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domineering, overbearing, magisterial; urgent, imperative
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imperious
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superannuated, archaic, antiquated
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antediluvian
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abstruse, esoteric, arcane
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recondite
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undercover, clandestine, sub-rosa
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covert
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a critical or explanatory footnote
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annotation
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unjustified, uncalled-for, unwarranted; voluntary
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gratuitous
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gracious, suave, urbane; carefree
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debonair
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accidental, unintentional, chance, random
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fortuitous
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to accumulate; to result, proceed from
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accrue
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