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25 Cards in this Set
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Mandate |
An order by authority |
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Ribald |
Indecent sexual remarks |
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Torpid |
Mentally or physically inactive |
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Terse |
Abrupt speech, short and to the point |
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Pertinacious |
Holding firmly to an opinion |
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Complaisant |
Willingness to please others |
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Estrange |
To make each other into strangers, separate from one another |
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Desecrate |
To violate something sacred |
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Affront |
To offend someone |
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Melee |
Big old fight |
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Affable |
Friendly |
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Bucolic |
Country beauty |
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Chastise |
Verbally punish |
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Lethal |
Deadly |
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Vindicate |
Freed from blame |
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Apathy |
Lack of interest |
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Malign |
Evil in nature |
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Ambiguous |
Unclear |
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Ambivalent |
Uncertain |
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Corpulent |
Obese, really fat |
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Cloister |
Live in a private religious community |
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Cacophony |
Harsh sounds, horns/sirens/fireworks |
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Lithe |
Thin and graceful |
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Harbinger |
Sign of the future |
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Coterie |
Group with similar ideas |
