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24 Cards in this Set
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audacity
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daring, boldness
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capitulate
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make terms, surrender
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chicanery
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underhandedness, trickery
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docile
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easy to manage
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facet
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one side or view of a person/situation
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fatal
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disastrous, deadly
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foist
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pass as genuine, pass of slyly
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glib
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smooth of speech
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homogenous
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uniform, same
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legerdemain
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skillful use of hands, conjuring
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malleable
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capable of being formed or shaped
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passé
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old-fashioned, outmoded
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procrastinate
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put off, delay
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reticent
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reserved, silent
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retort
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reply, answer
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stagnant
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inactive, dull, motionless
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stigmatize
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to mark with a disgrace
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tacit
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not stated, understood, implied
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tantalize
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tease or torment
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trend
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general direction
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castles in the air
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a dream about a wonderful future
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to get up on the wrong side of the bed
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to be in a bad mood
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by hook or by crook
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at any cost, any way at all
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to maintain the status quo
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to keep things as they are
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