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36 Cards in this Set
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ensconced
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settled comfortably, snugly, or securely
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benevolent
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doing or inclined to do good; kindly; charitable
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cynical
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believing that people are motivated only by selfishness
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laborious
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involving or calling for much work
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tyranny
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very cruel and unjust use of power or authority
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dissentients
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those who disagree, especially with majority
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preeminent
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superior to others in a particular quality
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vivacious
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lively
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gambolled
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frolicked
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obstinate
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stubborn
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cryptic
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having a hidden or ambiguous meaning; mysterious
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indefatigable
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that which cannot be tired out
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maxim
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a concisely expressed principle or rule of conduct
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propulsion
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a pushing, driving, or impelling onward or forward; a driving force
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tractable
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easily managed or controlled
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irrepressible
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that which cannot be controlled or restrained
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ignominious
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shameful; dishonorable, disgraceful
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posthumously
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occuring or continuing after one's death
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pretext
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a false reason or motive put forth to hide the real one
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canvassing
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requesting; soliciting
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sordid
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not noble in character or quality
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arable
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suitable for plowing, hence for producing crops
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intermediary
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one who acts as a go-between
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perpendicularity
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uprightness; the state of being straight up and down
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malignity
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persistent intense ill will or desire to harm others
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capitulated
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gave up; surrendered
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categorically
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without qualifications or conditions; absolutely
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retribution
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punishment for wrong-doing
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impending
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about to happen
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machinations
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artful or secret plots or schemes of evil intent
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censured
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condemned as wrong; strongly dissaproved
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conciliatory
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tending to soothe anger or make friendly
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superannuated
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too old or worn out for further work
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incumbent
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feeling obligated
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licence
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excessive, undisciplined freedom, consituting an abuse of liberty
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bon mot
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french phrase meaning, literally "good word"; a clever or witty remark
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