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15 Cards in this Set
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Captious
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quibbling, carping, sophistical
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Circumspect
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cautious, careful, unobjectionable
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Countenance
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face, expression, features
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Felicitous
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fitting, apt, appropriate
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Ineluctable
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certain, unavoidable, inevitable
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Intransigent
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stubborn, uncompromising
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Malinger
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shirking work, evading duty
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Pedant
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narrow-minded, trivial person
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Peroration
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conclusion, summary
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Recalcitrant
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Resisting authority, uncooperative, refractory
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Restive
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nervous, uneasy, restless
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Vagary
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whim, quirk, capriciousness
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Venal
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corrupt, purchasable, mercenary
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Vicarious
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second-hand, substitute, empathetic
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Vitiated
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weakened, spoiled, marred
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