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42 Cards in this Set
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acquiescence
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giving up |
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amiable
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friendly |
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blandly
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without feeling |
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connived |
plotted |
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eluded
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escaped |
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untrammeled
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unrestrained |
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apothecary
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druggist |
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assuaged |
relieved |
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dictum
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a pronouncement |
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piety |
religious devotion |
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predilection
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fondness |
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quaint |
unusual but charming; old-fashioned |
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taciturn
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uncommunicative |
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mortification
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humiliation
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tyranny |
unfair and oppressive rule of one over another |
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peril
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danger |
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edification
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instruction; enlightenment
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tacit
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unspoken |
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ascertained
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discovered |
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rectitude
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righteousness |
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Formidable
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strong, unassailable
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Incestuous |
marked by romantic or sexual relationships with relations or family |
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Obliquely
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indirectly |
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Prerogative |
right to do something |
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Tactful
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polite |
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antagonize
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make angry |
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tentative
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exploratory, half-hearted |
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pensive
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thoughtful, meditative |
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temerity
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nerve |
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unmitigated
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complete |
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tacit
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understood or indirectly agreed to
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brevity
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briefness |
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impertinence
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rudeness |
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squalid
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dirty, unclean |
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veneer
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outer covering |
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recluse |
someone who chooses to be alone |
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remorse
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regret |
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florid
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ornate |
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gallant
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gentlemanly |
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irascible |
hot-tempered
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primeval |
basic; intrinsic to one's nature |
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garishly
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in an obnoxiously bright manner |
