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15 Cards in this Set
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Alluring |
Appealing; tempting; powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating |
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Cognizant |
Aware of; to know of something |
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Crass |
Tactless, gross, rude, unrefined, blundering; lacking sensitivity, refinement, or intelligence |
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Entice |
To persuade, draw in, or invite |
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Flagrant |
Conspicuous, blatant, brazen, obviously offensive |
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Predisposition |
A liability or tendency to suffer from a particular condition, hold a particular attitude, or act in a particular way |
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Revelation |
Disclosure, discovery, or insight of a previously unknown fact, idea, or concept |
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Sinister |
Threatening, creepy; giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen |
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Stolid |
Showing little or no emotion; not easily excited or upset |
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Surmise |
Deduce, estimate, gather, infer; figure out; to arrive at a thought or idea with scanty evidence |
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Parsimonious |
Overly thrifty or miserly; very unwilling to spend money; frugal or stingy |
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Fluctuation |
Flux, variation; a state of varying irregularity; rise and fall |
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Perusing |
Scrutinizing; examining; reading with care |
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Futile |
Useless; hopeless; pointless; incapable of producing any result; ineffective; not successful |
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Vacillation |
Indecision, uncertainty; inability to decide or take a stand; irresolution
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