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22 Cards in this Set
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Lassitude
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A lack of energy
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Elegy
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Mournful, melancholy
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Malinger
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To avoid work
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Countenance
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To admit as acceptable
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Supplicant
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Someone who prays humbly
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Obviate
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To render unnecessary
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Avarice
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Insatiable greed for riches
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Obstreperous
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Noisy, difficult to control
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Sordid
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Involving ignoble actions and motives
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Disingenuous
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Not candid or sincere; false
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Acquiesce
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To accept something reluctantly but without protest
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Duplicitous
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Deceitful
Law: containing more than 1 allegation |
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Recalcitrant
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Obstinately disobedient
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Capricious
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Having sudden changes of mood; erratic
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Timorous
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Timid
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Equivocate
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To use words vaguely
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Magnanimous
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Very generous or forgiving
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Extemporaneous
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Spoken or done without preparation
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Ignominious
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Deserving or causing public shame or disgrace
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Diffident
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Modest or shy because of a lack of self confidence
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Truculent
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Eager or quick to argue or fight
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Countenance
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Noun: Look or expression of the face.
Verb: to permit or tolerate (You should not have countenanced his behavior.) |
