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(130 cards)
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abate
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lessen
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accost
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confront
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adept
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skillful
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affected
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haughty
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amenable
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yielding
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antediluvian
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very old
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antipathy
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dislike
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assuage
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relieve, appease
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atrophy
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waste away
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attenuate
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weaken, reduce
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august
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dignified
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aura
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air, feeling
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auspicious
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favorable
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automaton
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person who acts like a robot
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barrage
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torrent
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belligerent
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aggressive, warlike
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belligerent
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aggressive, warlike
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bequeath
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hand down
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berate
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scold harshly
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bog
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marsh swamp
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boorish
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crude
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cantankerous
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irritable
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chagrin
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mortification
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compendious
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succinct
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complacen
self-satisfaction
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conflagration
large destructive fire
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confluence
place where things merge
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consternation
dismay
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convivial
sociable, lively
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cursory
hasty
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debacle
failure
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debilitate
weaken
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decorum
order
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denigrate
belittle
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deprecate
disapprove, belittle
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disingenuous
insinere
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elicit
bring about
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elucidate
clarify
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encroaching
intrusive
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estrange
alienate
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flummox
confuse
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foolhardy
recklessly daring
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gait
manner of walking
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garish
tastelessly showy
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grandiose
pompous, pretentious
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impasse
obstacle
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imperious
arrogant
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ineffable
impossible to express in words
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innuendo
implicit suggestion
50
intrepid
courageous
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lackadaisical
lacking energy, lethargic
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laggard
lazy person
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languid
inactive, dreamy
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latent
not active
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lucrative
profitable
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maudlin
overly sentimental
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mercurial
fickle
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morose
depressed
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motley
diverse, heterogeneous
60
nuance
subtle difference
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pedant
person who makes a great deal about his knowledge
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penchant
preference
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penurious
cheap, stingy
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peremptory
bossy, decisive
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perfunctory
done routinely with little interest or care
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perquisite
bonus, additional payment
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petulant
irritable
68
placate
calm someone done
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polemic
controversial
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prevaricator
liar
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procure
get or provide
72
pundit
knowledgeable commentator
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ramshackle
poorly construct
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rapport
relationship
75
recalcitrant
stubborn
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relegate
demote
77
repertory
collection
78
rescind
annul, retract
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slipshod
careless, sloppy
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static
not moving
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stock
standard, hackneyed
82
tirade
critical speech
83
toady
suck-up
84
torpor
drowsiness, apathy
85
tout
praise
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truculent
aggressive
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unabashed
not embarrassed
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uncouth
crude
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ungainly
clumsy
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unruly
unrestrained
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unwitting
unintentional
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urban
elegant
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vapid
dull
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venal
willing to accept bribes
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vying
striving
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avid
eager
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barter
trade goods or services
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chauvinist
someone with a prejudiced belief
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contour
outline
100
fanfare
spectacular public display
101
humdrum
dull, monotonous
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miffed
offended, upset
103
taut
pulled tight, not slack
104
testy
irritated, peevish
105
truncate
shorten by cutting off
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voracious
insatiable
107
deference
respectful submission, yiedl
108
gargantuan
gigantic
109
incriminate
accuse someone of a crime
110
ineptitude
incompetence
111
irate
angry
112
lithe
graceful, supple
113
lurid
sensational, shocking
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officious
meddlesome, interfering
115
ostensible
apparent, seeming
116
viscous
thick, sticky
117
waning
lessening
118
avant-garde
vanguard, daring
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behemoth
huge monster or animal
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bigotry
intolerance, prejudice
121
caricature
exaggerated portrait
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catalog
list
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connoisseur
expert
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dilapidated
broken down
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forestall
delay
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garnish
ornamentation
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gruff
stern, harsh
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hiatus
interruption, break
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rehash
rework, reuse
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remiss
neglectful, neligent
