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23 Cards in this Set
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Filial
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noting or having the relation of a child to a parent.
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Insolent
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boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting
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Chortle
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to chuckle gleefully.
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Inexorable
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not to be persuaded, moved, or affected by prayers or entreaties: an inexorable creditor.
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Avaricious
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characterized by avarice; greedy; covetous.
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Sagacious
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having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd: a sagacious lawyer.
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Brandish
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to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish: Brandishing his sword, he rode into battle.
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Ponderous
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of great weight; heavy; massive.
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Fractious
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readily angered; peevish; irritable; quarrelsome: an incorrigibly fractious young man.
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Fickle
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likely to change, esp. due to caprice, irresolution, or instability; casually changeable: fickle weather.
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Genteel
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belonging or suited to polite society.
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Enervate
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to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken.
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Diffident/Diffidence
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lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy.
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Propitious
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presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
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Insipid/Insipidity
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without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid: an insipid personality.
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Petulant
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moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, esp. over some trifling annoyance: a petulant toss of the head.
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Acquiesce
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to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent: to acquiesce halfheartedly in a business plan.
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Magnanimous
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generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness: to be magnanimous toward one's enemies.
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Lament (noun)
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an expression of grief or sorrow.
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Dilapidated
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reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear, or neglect.
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Nefarious
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extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
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Obeisance
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a movement of the body expressing deep respect or deferential courtesy, as before a superior; a bow, curtsy, or other similar gesture.
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Surreptitious
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obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance.
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