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20 Cards in this Set
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affable
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courteous/pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to
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aggrandize
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to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater
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amorphous
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shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization, unity, cohesion
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aura
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that which surrounds
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contraband
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illegal traffic, smuggled goods
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erudite
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scholarly, learned
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gossamer
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thin,light, delicate, insubstantial, very thin, light cloth
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infer
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to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply
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inscrutable
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incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically
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insular
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relating to of being situated on an island, isolated outlook
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irrevocable
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incapable of being changed or called back
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propensity
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natural inclation
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querulous
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peevish, complaining
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remonstrate
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to argue or plead with someone against something, to protest
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repudiate
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to disown, reject
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resilient
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able to return to an original shape or form
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reverberate
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to re-echo, resound
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scurrilous
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coarsely abusive, vulgar and low
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sedulous
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persistent, showing industry and determination
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sleazy
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thin or flimsy in texture, cheap, shoddy, ethnically low, mean, or disreputable
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