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25 Cards in this Set
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mordant
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bitingly sarcastic
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obdurate
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not easily moved to pity
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disaffected
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resentful and rebellious
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immune
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not affected by an influence
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fraught
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full of a particular quality
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faux pas
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a social blunder
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beget
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to produce
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epicure
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one with refined tastes
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fulsome
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disgusting
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appellation
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name
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loath
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unwilling
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craven
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cowardly; contemptibly timid
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deadpan
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showing no expression
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contravene
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to act counter to
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insouciant
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calm and untroubled
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indelible
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incapable of being removed or erased
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eminent
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outstanding
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enclave
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a distinctly bound area wholly surrounded by another area
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flout
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intentionally disobey
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lapse
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to come to an end
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synergy
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the interaction of two or more things
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consign
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to give care to another
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incisive
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keen/penetrating in thought
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attenuate
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to make thin
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extol
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to praise highly/lavishly
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