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15 Cards in this Set
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ordinary or dull
commonplace, mediocre imaginative, compelling |
pedestrian
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in good faith
legitimate, genuine fraudulent, phony |
bona fide
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accidental, nonessential
incidental |
adventitious
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fertile or productive
prolific sterile |
fecund
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to turn aside from a course or to stray
digress |
deviate
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to confuse or bewilder
muddle, obscure clarify, elucidate |
obfuscate
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to pierce with a sharp stake through the body
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impale
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to lessen seriousness by providing partial excuses
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extenuate
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local or narrow or limited
provincial, narrow-minded universal, catholic |
parochial
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to stare angrily
frown, scowl grin |
glower
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improve someone morally
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edify
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open to more than on interpretation
unclear, uncertain, vague explicit, definite |
ambiguous
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a violent change
disaster, catastrophe triumph, boon |
cataclysm
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best or most favorable or ideal
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optimum
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to ask persistently or beg
appeal, badger |
importune
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