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SAT week 4 Flashcards

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antiquated

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old fashioned

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choleric

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easily angered

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fecund

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fertile

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inebriation

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drunkenness

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marshal

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to gather together

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parity

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equality

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profound

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having deep meaning

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servile

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overly submissive

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usurp

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taking position by force

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apathetic

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uninterested

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felicitous

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apt, well suited

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ineffable

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cannot be expressed in words

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parochial

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narrow minded

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profundity

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depth

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apathy

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lack of interest

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circuitous

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roundabout

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disapprobation

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disapproval

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inept

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having no skill

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martinet

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person who believes in strict discipline

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proletarian

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working class

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skirmish

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minor battle

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apocryphal

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having a questionable origin

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circumlocution

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using too many words

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inertia

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inactivity

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masochist

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person who intentionally inflicts pain on himself

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prolific

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producing a lot

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circumscribe

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limit

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matriarchy

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ruled by women

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parsimonious

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frugal

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vacuous

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meaningless

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circumspect

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unwilling to take risks, looking from all sides

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fitful

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stopping and starting

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inexorable

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relentless

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maverick

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loner, independent minded

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parsimony

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frugality

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prosaic

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dull, ordinary

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smorgasbord

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a buffet

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vagrant

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nomad

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arable

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can be cultivated

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circumvent

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avoid

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discrepancy

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inconstancy

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flagrant

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clearly wrong

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inexpedient

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not advisable

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proscribe

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forbid

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solace

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comfort for grief

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vapid

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dull, offers nothing stimulating

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arbitrary

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random

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clairvoyant

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psychic

fortune teller-ish

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infallible

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perfect

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prosody

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study of versification (poetry)

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solicit

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to seek, ask for

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variegated

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multicolored

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arcane

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secret, understood by a few

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discursiveness

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indirectness

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prostration

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lying face down

overcome with fatigue

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somnambulist

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sleepwalker

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vehemence

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forceful, violent

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clandestine

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secret

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disdain

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strong dislike

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flippant

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making jokes about serious things

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menagerie

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collection of animals

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patronize

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to show superiority over

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vehement

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forceful

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archetype

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classic example of

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clemency

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mercy

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disinterested

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unbiased

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flout

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defy

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ingenue

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naive

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mendacious

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lying

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paucity

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shortage

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protean

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changeable

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sophomoric

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immature

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venal

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corrupt

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disparage

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criticize

belittle

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ingrate

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ungrateful person

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peccadillo

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minor weakness

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soporific

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inducing sleep

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veneer

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varnish

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disparity

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inequality

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fly by night

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unreliable

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inimical

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hostile

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mercurial

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volatile, changeable

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pedant

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person who insists on strict adherence to rules or narrow learning

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artifice

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deception

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coalesce

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merge

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dispassionate

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neutral

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forensic

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having to do with debate, law

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innate

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inherited

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provincial

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unsophisticated

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specious

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false

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venial

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minor

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coddle

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fuss over, pamper

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disseminating

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circulating

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fortitude

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bravery

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innocuous

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harmless

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peerless

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unrivaled

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prudent

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cautiously wise

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veracity

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truthfulness

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ascetic

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without luxuries

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coercion

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force

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diurnal

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active in the daytime

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fortuitous

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happening by chance

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pejorative

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derogatory

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puerile

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childish

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sporadic

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fitful–not continuous

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verbose

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talkative

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assiduous

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thorough

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cogent

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clear, well argued

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fractious

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irritable

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inscrutable

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mysterious

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mettle

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courage

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pellucid

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transparently clear

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punctilious

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meticulous

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spurious

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false

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verbosity

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using too many words

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assuage

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to calm

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cogitate

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ponder

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insentient

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unfeeling

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milieu

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environment

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pensive

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thinking deeply

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purloin

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steal

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astute

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perceptive

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dogmatic

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stubbornly opinionated

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frivolous

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carefree

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insipid

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bland

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mire

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swamp

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penury

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poverty

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pusillanimous

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cowardly

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vestigial

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not developed

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collate

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arrange in order

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dolt

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stupid person

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instigate

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provoke

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misanthrope

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hater of the rest of mankind

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pyromania

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obsessed with starting fires

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vignette

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small sketch

ACE winter 2012 (12 decks)

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