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98 Cards in this Set
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Listlessness
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lacking energy; lethargic
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Belie
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to misrepresent
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Jocund
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sprightly lighthearted in disposition, character, or quality
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Placid
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undisturbed by tumlt of disorder; calm or quiet
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Exegesis
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critical explanation or analysis, especially of a text
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Derisive
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mocking; jeering
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Incipient
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beginning to exist or appear
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Facetious
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playfully jocular
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Callous
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emotionally hardened; unfeeling
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Abscond
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to leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest
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Mantle
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something covers, evelops, or conceals
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Effrontery
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brazen boldness; presumptuousness
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Complicity
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involvement as an accomplice in a questionable act or crime
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Ameliorate
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become better; improve or enhance
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baffle
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bewilder; perplex; fill with confusion
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Detriment
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injury, damage, or something that causes it
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Ebullient
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overflowing with entusiasm; effervescent; high-spirited
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Exhort
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arouse by words; advise strongly; urge
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expertise
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specialized skill or technical knowledge
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finicky
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excessively concerned with trifles or details; hard to please; fussy
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forbearance
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act of refraining; abstaining
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gall
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irritate mentally
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impediment
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something that hinders or obstructs
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indolent
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lazy; idle; lethargic
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nettlesome
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irritating; causing annoyance or vexation
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parsimonious
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stingy; miserly; CHEAP
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prodigious
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extaordinary in amount or size; huge; colossal
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raze
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destroy utterly by tearing down; demolish
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reticent
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inclined to be silent or secretive; reserved
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retire
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withdraw from active duty; to go to bed
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retort
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answer; reply sharply or angrily
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salutary
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favorable to health; curative; beneficial
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subvert
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overturn or overthrow from the foundations; undermine
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tractable
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easily led, taught, or controlled; amenable
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unwieldy
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hard to handle because of size or weight
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acumen
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keen insight
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alacrity
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a cheerful briskness or readiness
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antipathy
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dislike of, hatred for
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altruism
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concern for others, thoughtfulness
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autonomous
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self governing, independent
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bellicose
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warlike, quarrelsome, pugnacious
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caprice
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a whim, an unmotived decision
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conjecture
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supposition, opinion
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dotage
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senility, feeble old age
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duress
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pressure, compulsion
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expiate
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to atone for, to make amends for
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fulsome
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exaggerated, excessive
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gregarious
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outgoing, sociable
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illicit
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unlawful, furtive
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ineptitude
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clumsiness, inefficiency
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innuendo
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sly hint
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inverterate
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deep-seated, long established
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levity
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silliness, frivolity, flippancy
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myopic
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near-sighted
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panacea
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cure-all
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perfunctory
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mechanical, indifferent
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prudent
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wisely cautious
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visage
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face or facial expression of a person
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surfeit
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to overindulge; to over eat or drink
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discord
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lack of agreement
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satiate
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to satisfy fully
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obsequious
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obedient; fawning
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bombast
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pretentious; high-flown or overdone
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imperious
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arrogantly overbearing
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penitent
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feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds or sins
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egregious
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conspicuously bad or offensive
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facile
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proceeding with ease;done easily
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prattle
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to talk in a toolish way; chatter
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profane
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characterized by contempt; secular
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cuckold
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a man married to an unfaithful wife
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vexation
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the act of annoying; annoyance
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usurp
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to seize and hold; to take over w/o right
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palpable
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tangible
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lascivious
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arousing sexual desire; expression of lust
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lechery
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excessive indulgence in sexual desire
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beguile
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to infuence by trickery; to charm
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propriety
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appropriateness; The quality of being proper
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perdition
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Loss of the soul; eternal damnation
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choler
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Anger; irritability
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wanton
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Immoral or unchaste; lewd
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dilatory
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Intended to delay
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bestial
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Beastly. Marked by brutality or depravity
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wheedle
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to persuade or attwmpt to by flattery; cajole
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dejected
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depressed; being in low spirits
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unassailable
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impossible to dispute or disprove; undeniable
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incredulous
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skeptical; disbelieving
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indescretion
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lack of discretion; injudiciousness
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impetuous
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characterized by sudden and forceful energy or eotion; impulsive
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obstinate
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stubborn, obdurate
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imprudence
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the quality or condition of being unwise or indiscreet
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deceitful
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given to cheating or deceiving
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deprave
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to debase, especially morrally; corrupt
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irresolute
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unsure of how to act or proceed; undecided
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tarentella
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a type of dance
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prevaricate
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to stray from the truth
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inexorable
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not capable of being persuaded by entreaty; relentless
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expedient
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appropriate to a purpose
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folly
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a lack of good sense or judgement
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