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54 Cards in this Set
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aggrandize
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increase in power
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capricious
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change one's mind often
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chicanery
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deception by means of guile
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cogent
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convincing, well reasoned
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desultory
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jumping from one thing to another
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diffident
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lacking self confidence
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dilatory
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intended to delay
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dilettante
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amateurish
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disabuse
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free from error
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disparate
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fundamentally different
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dissemble
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present a false appearance, disguise
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dogmatic
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dictatorial in one's opinions
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elegy
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sorrowful poem
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enervate
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reduce in strength
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engender
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produce, bring about
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ephemeral
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lasting a short time
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equivocate
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use expressions of double meaning
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exculpate
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clear from blame
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exigent
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urgent
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exonerate
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clear of blame
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florid
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excessively decorated
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foment
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arouse or incite
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garrulous
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talks a lot
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iconoclast
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one who opposes established beliefs
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impetuous
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quick to act without thinking
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inchoate
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not fully formed
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insipid
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lacking interest, flavor
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intransigent
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uncompromising
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irascible
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easily made angry
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laconic
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using few words
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loquacious
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talkative
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malinger
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evade responsibility
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mollify
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calm, make less severe
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obdurate
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hardened in feeling
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obsequious
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overly submissive
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obviate
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prevent, make unnecessary
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occlude
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to stop up, prevent passage
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opprobium
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public disgrace
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perfidious
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willing to betray trust
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perfunctory
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done in routine way
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prevaricate
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lie, deviate from
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prodigal
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lavish, wasteful
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propitiate
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appease
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propriety
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correct behavior
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rarefy
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make thinner
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repudiate
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reject the validity of
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reticent
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silent, reserved
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soporific
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causing sleep
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speccious
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deceptively attractive
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stolid
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unemotional
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tacit
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done without using words
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torpor
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mental and physical sluggishness
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vacillate
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sway, be indecisive
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veracity
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filled with truth, accuracy
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