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22 Cards in this Set
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an iota, jot, speck, bit, dollop
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modicum
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sluggish, lethargic, otiose, languid
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torpid
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hazy, fuzzy, cloudy, vague, murky, opaque; indeterminate
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nebulous
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an assumption, presumption, hypothesis
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supposition
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`to revive, revitalize, restore
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resuscitate
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indecisive, vacillating, wavering
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irresolute
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concise, terse, compact, pithy
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succinct
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ephemeral, transient, transitory
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evanescent
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a beginner, neophyte, tyro
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novice
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tardy, laggard, procrastinating
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dilatory
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to review, summarize, sum up, go over
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recapitulate
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a malediction, imprecation; an adomination
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anathema
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deliquent, peccant; blameworthy
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culpable
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destitution, want, indigence
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penury
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glaring, flagrant, blatant
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egregious
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adoration, idolization, hero-worship
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adulation
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inflated, ostentatious, affected
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pretentious
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to diminish, decrease; to subside, let up
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abate
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shrewd, acute; sagacious, judicious; wily
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astute
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to talk out of both sides of one's mouth
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equivocate
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greed, cupidity, rapacity, acquisitiveness
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avarice
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unkempt, slatternly; slipshod, lax
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slovenly
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