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25 Cards in this Set
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avarice |
insatiable greed for riches; desire to gain or hoard wealth |
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urbane |
polished or suave characteristic of social life in major cities |
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ingenuous |
free from reserve, restraint; candid; sincere; artless |
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onerous |
burdensome or oppressive |
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discretion |
cautious reserve in speech |
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burgeon |
to grow rapidly or flourish |
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axiom |
universally recognized principle |
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ubiquitous |
existing everywhere at the same time |
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disabuse |
undeceive; set right |
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heretical |
violating accepted dogma |
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vilify |
to defame or characterize harshly |
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dogmatic |
expressing a rigged opinion based on unproved or unprovable principles |
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perennial |
recurrent through the years or many years |
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torpid |
lethargic or sluggish |
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magnanimity |
quality of being generously noble in mind and heart |
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truculent |
fierce and cruel; eager to fight |
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eccentric |
departing from norms or conventions |
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convoluted |
complex or complicated |
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bombastic |
pompous or grandiloquent |
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occlude |
obstruct or block |
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loquacious |
extremely talkative |
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misanthrope |
one who hates all other humans |
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hedonism |
devoted to pleasurable pursuits especially of the senses |
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abscond |
to depart suddenly and secretly; like from the police |
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amalgamate |
to mix or blend into a homogeneous body |
