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41 Cards in this Set
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Eccentric |
deporting from the average norm, model, rule |
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Malevolent |
having ill-will |
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Pronouncements |
authorative statments |
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Irked |
bothered or annoyed |
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Compromise |
settlement of differences |
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Tyranny |
extreme hardships or severity |
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Evasion |
act of avoiding |
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Chameleon |
changing person |
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Teetered |
swayed back and worth unsteadily in a seesaw motion |
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Malignant |
acting evil in nature |
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Entrusted |
given over to another for care and protection |
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Perplexity |
condition of being puzzled |
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Ingenous |
without sophistication or innocent |
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Fanatical |
possessed or driven by excessive goal |
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Isolate |
separate from the group or set apart |
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Contemporaries |
of the same time era, about the same age |
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Peril |
danger |
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Contradict |
to go against |
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Inaudible |
unable to be heard |
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Cantankerous |
contrary or disagreeable |
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Satire |
the use of humor, irony, ridicule, or exaggeration to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices |
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Compensation |
something given or received |
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Emerge |
come forth from something |
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Ecclesiastical |
pertaining to church |
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Pensive |
thoughtful |
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Infalliable |
unfailing or always correct |
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Defendant |
person against who an action is brought |
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Begrudge |
to envy the possession or enjoyment of something |
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Encumbered |
hindered |
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Dispelled |
down away with |
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Complacently |
in a self-statisfied manner |
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Stealthy |
characterized by secret movement or avoiding notice |
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Sublety |
something not obvious |
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Predicament |
troublesome situation |
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Fraud |
deliberate deception for unfair or unlawful gain |
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Pauper |
poor person |
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Obscure |
inconspicuous or not well-known |
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Apprehension |
fearful feeling |
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Sustain |
to keep existence or mantain |
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Allegedly |
supposedly or beleived to be so but not yet proven |
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Assesssment |
evaluation |