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14 Cards in this Set
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Bourgeois
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Of or characteristic of the upper/middle class
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Burgomeister
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The mayor of a town
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Creed
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A system of religious belief
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Debauchery
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Excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures
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Harangue
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A lengthy aggressive speech
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Lachrymose
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Tearful or give to weeping
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Obsequious
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Obedient or attentive to an excessive degree
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Parsimony
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Extreme unwillingness to spend money
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Pernicious
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Having a harmful effect, usually gradual
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Pettifogging
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Placing undue emphasis on petty details
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Profligate
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Recklessly extravagant or wasteful of resources
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Scrofulous
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Affected with scrofula (tuberculosis)
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Self-abnegation
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The denial or abasement of oneself
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Tacit
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Understood or implied without being stated
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