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90 Cards in this Set
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aleatory
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chance/luck
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allay
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relieve/ calm
ALLIES make you feel better |
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ameliorate
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relieve
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asperity
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harshness
ASPIRIN relieves the harshness of headaches |
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exegesis
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interpretation
exeGENISIS |
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inveigh
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complain
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lionize
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celebrity
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otiose
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futile/useless
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pander
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yield to/ give satisfaction
PANdas like to please ppl |
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profligate
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wasteful
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puerile
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childish
children are PURE |
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recalcitrant
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stubborn/ dogmatic
CALCulators are stubborn |
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renunciation
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repudiation
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unimpeachable
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not guilty/ no doubt
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vitiate
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corrupt/ marr
CORRUPT YOUR VITALS |
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benign
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kind/ nice
it's sad 789 b/c NINE was very nice |
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blithe
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bliss
BLIss |
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bumpkin
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hillbilly
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corroborate
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support/ work together
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culpable
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blame-able
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frenetic
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frantic
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hortatory
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encouraging
WHORES WILL ENCOURAGE YOU TO STRAY |
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indecorus
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rude
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orotund
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full voice
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penultimate
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BEFORE last
penULTIMATE |
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pervasive
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spreading
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recrimination
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re-accuse/ counter-accuse
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soporific
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sleepy
SOaP operas make you sleep |
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toady
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sycophant/ someone who sucks up
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circuitous
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roundabout/indirect
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circumlocution
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roundabout/ indirect
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depredate
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pillage
deplete |
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indolent
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lethargic
DOLE pineapple makes you sleepy |
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largesse
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gifts
LARGE gifts are the best |
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luminous
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bright
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majordomo
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butler
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perambulate
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stroll
WALK AROUND THE PERIMETER |
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polemical
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controversial
magnets have two POLES that OPPOSE each other |
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probity
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righteous
you're PROBABLY RIGHT |
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tacit
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implied
TACTICS are often subtle |
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veneer
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surface/ facade
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timorous
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fearful
WHEN SOMEONE YELLS "TIMBER!" YOU SHOULD BE FEARFUL |
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untenable
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indefendable
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canard
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lie
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wont
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likely
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etymology
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origin
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cortege
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posse
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solecism
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mistake
SOLE mistake |
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demotic
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ordinary
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simian
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ape-like
SIMON THE MONKEY |
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impresario
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producer/manager
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malaise
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discomfort
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disingenuous
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insincere
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intransigent
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stubborn/ uncompromising
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dogged
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persistant
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propensity
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tendency
PROPER TENDENCIES |
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compunction
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guilt
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bellicose
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war-like
BELLIGERENT |
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pulchritude
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physical beauty
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wizened
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shriveled from age
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rhapsodize
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rave/rant
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physiognomy
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facial features
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voluble
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talkative
TALKATIVITY IS VALUABLE |
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revel
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enjoy
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umbrage
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umbRAGE
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assiduous
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diligent
WORK YOUR ASS OFF |
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panacea
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cure all
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analgesic
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pain killer
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turpitude
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wickedness
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flummox
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confuse
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histrionics
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dramatics/ hysterics
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draconian
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harsh
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noisome
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nauseating
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punctilious
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meticulous
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veritable
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genuine
VERIFY that it's real |
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florid
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red
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fractious
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stubborn
STUBBORNNESS CAUSES FRACTIONS |
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moribund
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dying
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conflagration
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blaze/ inferno
destructive fire WAVE A FLAG FOR FIRE |
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virulent
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toxic
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phlegmatic
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calm
PEOPLE WITH PHLEM ARE CALM |
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tenable
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defensible
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boondoggle
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unnecessary work/ project
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curmudgeon
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stubborn
CRUMMY PEOPLE ARE STUBBORN |
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moiety
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piece of something
PIECE OF MOIST CAKE |
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inculcate
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impress/ teach by repetition
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fiduciary
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governing estate on behalf of others
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repugnant
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offensive/ repulsive
PUGS ARE OFFENSIVE |
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opprobrium
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disgrace
INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR RESULTS IN DISGRACE |
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potentate
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monarch
monarchs have potent power |
