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20 Cards in this Set
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Affable
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courteous and pleasant,sociable, easy to speak to
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Aggrandize
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to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify
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Amorphous
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Shapeless, without definite form
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Aura
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that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); personal quality
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Contraband
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illegal traffic, smuggled goods; illegal, prohibited
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Erudite
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Scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic
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Gossamer
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thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; a very thin, light cloth
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Infer
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to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought
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Inscrutable
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incapable of being understood
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insular
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narrow or isolated in outlook or experience
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Irrevocable
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incapable of being changed or called back
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Propensity
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a natural inclination or predilection toward
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Querulous
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peevish, complaining, fretful
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Remonstrate
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to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against
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Repudiate
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to disown, reject, or deny the validity of
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Resilient
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able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly
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Reverberate
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to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly
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Scurrilous
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Coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul mouthed
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Sedulous
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Persistant, showing industry and determination
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Sleazy
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shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethically low, mean or disreputable
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