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97 Cards in this Set
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Disinclined to talk; silent
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Taciturn
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Asserted without proof
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Alleged
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List of dramas or parts that person is prepared to perform
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Repertoire
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Uninteresting; boring
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Vapid
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Vicious; evil
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Malevolent
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Guilty person
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Culprit
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Predisposition in favor of something; preference
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Predilection
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Inexpensive automobile
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Flivver
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Quick raid; sudden attack
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Foray
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Assumed an air of superiority; exhibited a patronizing attitude.
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Condescended
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Native to a particular region
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Indigenous
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Without permission
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Illicitly
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Delicate twining greenhouse plan
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Smilax
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Irritations; annoyances
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Vexations
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Slang for head or body louse; lice
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Cootie
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Disdainful
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Contemptuous
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Belligerent; argumentative
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Contentious
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Tending to be troublesome, quarrelsome, or irritable
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Fractious
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The act or state of be disapproved; condemnation
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Disapprobation
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Successful; favorable
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Auspicious
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Yellowish green plum flavored grapes
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Scuppernongs
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Acted to decide or determine
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Arbitrated
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Shameful; embarrassing
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Mortifying
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Melodramatic and sinister literary elements
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Gothic
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Silently understood; unspoken
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Tacit
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Appearing ready to collapse; rickety
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Ramshackle
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Forlorn; wretched; uninhabited
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Desolate
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Making certain
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Ascertaining
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Unable to be understood
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Unfathomable
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Deviations; straying from normal
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Aberrations
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Committed
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Perpetrated
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Probably meant to be hermaphrodite. Something that is a combination of both male and female parts.
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Morphodite
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Nearby
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Adjacent
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The state of being confused or bewildered
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Perplexity
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Excessively
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Inordinately
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Simple; straightforward
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Ingenuous
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Comparable on certain points
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Analogous
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Cautious; careful
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Wary
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Innocence; naivete
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Guilelessness
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The personal outfit of a bride, usually including clothes, accessories, and personal linen
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Trousseau
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A dessert of shredded coconut and oranges
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Ambrosia
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Uncontrollably noisy; clamorous; unruly
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Obstreperous
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Being in a state of uneasiness, strain or suspense
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Tenterhooks
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Insult; verbal abuse
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Invective
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Forcefully
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Vehemently
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Able to speak; expressing oneself clearly or effectively
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Articulate
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Outmoded; no longer new
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Passe
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Gloomy
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Melancholy
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Statement; assumption
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Premise
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Offense
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Umbrage
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Straightness; righteousness
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Rectitude
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Slang for insolent talk; nonsense
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Guff
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Prohibition; an order forbidding something to be done
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Interdict
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Reduction or moderation of intensity
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Palliation
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A preliminary survey to gain information
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Reconnaissance
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To move with a waving motion
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Undulate
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Natural inclinations; leanings
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Propensities
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ill-tempered; irritable
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Cantankerous
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A noisy or angry argument; a quarrel
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Altercation
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Clothes
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Habiliments
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A photographic process in which an impression is produced by a rotary press
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Rotogravure
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Of or relating to a church
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Ecclesiastical
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Stern; severe; unyielding
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Austere
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An exclusive or special right, power, privilege or belief
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Prerogative
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Indirectly
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Obliquely
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Incapable of making a mistake
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Infallible
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Respected or admired because of age
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Venerable
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Awe-inspiring; impressive
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Formidable
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Knowledge of and consent to wrongdoing
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Connivance
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Supporting; confirming
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Corroborating
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Bitter; caustic
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Acrimonious
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Disdainfully proud; arrogant
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Haughty
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Appeased; assuaged
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Mollified
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Authoritative
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Ex Cathedra
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Insolent
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Impudent
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Absolute; out and out
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Unmitigated
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Foolhardy boldness
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Temerity
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Honesty; incorruptibility
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Integrity
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Skeptical; sarcastic
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Cynical
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Savage; wild
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Feral
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Believability; plausibility
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Credibility
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Secretive
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Furtive
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Unyielding; inflexible
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Adamant
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Vile; filthy; wretched
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Sordid
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Pictorial writing associated with ancient Egyptians
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Hieroglyphics
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Insolence; rudeness
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Impertinence
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Resembling an ox or cow; cow-like
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Bovine
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Suffering greatly for a long time
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Martyred
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Made to suffer, frequently because of one's beliefs or race
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Persecuted
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The state of being widely and unfavorably known
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Notoriety
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Secretively; slyly
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Stealthily
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Robbed; stole
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Purloined
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Restrained by having the arms bound
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Pinioned
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Abrupt; distinct
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Staccato
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Glaringly
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Garishly
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Unemotionally
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Solidity
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Uneasy; anxious
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Apprehensive
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