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25 Cards in this Set
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Mercurial
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Quick/changeable in temperament; moody and unpredictable
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Trepidation
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Apprehension, fear, a state of dread or nervousness about something to come, fearful hesitancy
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Avidly
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Having strong desire that borders on craving; often has a connotation of greed; can have a connotation of extreme enthusiasm
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Insinuate
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To suggest without stating directly, to communicate subtly or artfully or by hinting
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Approbation
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Expression of warm approval or praise
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Incipient
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Something just starting to appear, in the early stages
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Anemic
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Weak, sickly, pale, lacking vitality; also, low on red blood cells, but that's the medical definition
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Commission
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Payment based on a percentage of quantity sold
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Primp
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To groom oneself in a picky, excessive way
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Incarnate
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"In the flesh" - in person - the physical emodiment of an abstract idea
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Laconic
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Characterized by use of very few words, terse, concise, quiet
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Stolid
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Showing little emotion or sensibility; dispassionate
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Lusty
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Hearty; full of vigor, vitality, strenth, joy or merriness; it is NOT tycically used to refer to sexual desire
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Audacity
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Boldness, daring with a touch of brashness
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Philandering
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Sleeping around with the wives of others
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Remiss
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Negligent, slack in fulfulling one's duties
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Surly (adj.)
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Bad-tempered, irritable, rude, sometimes iwth a hint of menace
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Carte blanche (n.)
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Complete authority or freedom to act as desired
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Raucous (adj.)
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Hoarse, harsh, rough, grating, irritating
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Arch (adj.)
Archly (adv.) |
Cunning, sly, mischievous
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Befuddled (adj.)
Befuddle (v.) |
Confused, mixed up or made stupid
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Sensuous (adj.)
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Strongly affecting the senses
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Implaceable (adj.)
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Relentless, unyielding, unable to be appeased or pacified
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Elegiac (adj.)
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Mournful, of or like an elegy
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Requiem (n.)
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A mass, a musical composition or hymn in honor of the dead
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