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30 Cards in this Set
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blithe
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joyous, merry, or gay in disposition; glad; cheerful
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Acrimonious
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caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior
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Abdicate
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to give up or announce
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Trepidation
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tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation
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Dearth
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an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack
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Acquiesce
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to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent
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Malaise
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a vague or unfocused feeling of mental uneasiness, lethargy, or discomfort
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Depravity
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a state moral corruption
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Panache
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flamboyant, suave sophisticated style but kind of over the top
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Belie
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to show to be false; contradic
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Spurious
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false, lacking authenticity
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Embroil
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to throw into confusion or chaos
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Chastise
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to punish
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Enmity
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a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism.
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Reticent
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resistant to talk
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Egregious
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extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant
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Malevolent
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wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious
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Punctilious
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precise, extremely attentive
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Convoluted
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complicated; intricately involved, coiled or twisted
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Abridge
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to shorten
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Obdurate
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stubborn
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Bombastic
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loud, inflated like a big ego, cocky, show-off
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Dubious
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doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt
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Emphatic
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forceful strong or passionate
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Feasible
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possible, capable of being done
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Epiphany
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sudden realization
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Bellicose
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inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
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Travail
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difficult effort characterized by pain
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Vilify
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to speak ill of; defame; slander
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Ruminate
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to review repeatedly in on'es mind, meditate, ponder
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