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30 Cards in this Set
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ostentation
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vulgar display
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parsimony
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extreme unwillingness to spend money
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delirium
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A acutely disturbed state of mind that occurs when in fever
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reveries
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A state of being pleasantly lost in ones thoughts.
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pensive
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engaged in, involving around deep or serious thoughts
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termagant
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a harsh tempered or over bearing woman.
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aghast
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filled with horror
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specious
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superficially plausible but actually wrong
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melancholy
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a deep pensive and long lasting sadness.
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usurer
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a person who lends money at unreasonably high rates of interest.
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pallid
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pale because of poor health.
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macabre
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disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with of death and industry.
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miser
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a person who hoards wealth
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sepulcher
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a room in which a dead person is laid.
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venerable
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accorded to great deal of respect.
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avarice
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extreme greed for wealth
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paradoxical
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seemingly absurd or self contradictory.
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servile
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having a excessive willingness to please.
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munificent
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very liberal in giving or bestowing
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penury
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extreme poverty
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appellation
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a name or title
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equivocal
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open to more than ones one interpretation.
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asylum
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shelter or protection from danger.
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foppery
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a foolish or silly person
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approbation
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approval or praise
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sentience
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awareness
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arduous
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involving or requiring strenuous effort.
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despotic
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belonging to or having the characteristics of a ruler.
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anomalous
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deviating from what is standard
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felicity
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intense happiness.
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