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22 Cards in this Set
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Macaroon
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a coconut cookie
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spendthrift
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someone who spends rashly, careless
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plucky
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having gumption, spirted- minor, condesending
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barrister
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lawyer
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unsavory
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distasteful, immoral, offensive
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precarious
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insecure, uncertain, risky
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broach
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to start a discussion of a topic
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entreaties
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pleas, fervent requests
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palled
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depressed, saddened, made gloomy
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zealously
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enthusiastically
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lucrative
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money making, successful in making cash
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indiscretion
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an imprudent act, careless or foolish act
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infamous
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well known for a bad thing
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blackguard
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villan
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discrepancy
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gap, inconsistently
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dissimulaiton
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pretending, hiding a fault
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prevaricate
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to lie, to tell falsehoods
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scurrilous
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vulgar, indecent, foul mouthed
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incubus
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an evil spirtit, demon, a nightmare
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inexorable
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relentless, unstoppable
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amicably
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in a friendly way
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expedient
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useful for selfish reasons, self interest as goal
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