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30 Cards in this Set
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flippant
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treating serious things lightly
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sheaf
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bendles of wheat
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illusion
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intellectually deceived; a pattern capable of reversible perspective
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ornery
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having and irritable disposition
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anecdotal
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consisting of or based on secondhand accounts rather than firsthand knowledge or experience or scientific investigation; untrustworthy
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avarice
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excessive desire for wealth or gain; extreme greed for money or gain
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truculent
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1. aggressively defiant, 2. aggressive; pugnacious, 3. fierce, savage
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nonchalant
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calm and casual; to disregard
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kloof
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a deep ravine
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shrew
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any small, usually mouse like mammal with a pointed snout; a bad tempered or scolding woman
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extricate
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to free; release
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presumptuous
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overly bold or confident; taking to much for granted
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apathy
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lack of emotion or interest; indifferent
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ruse
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stratagem, trick
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serindipity
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pleasant discovery, surprise
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amiably
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good natured, friendly and pleasant
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cacophony
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harsh discordinant mixture of sound; discord
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poignant
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painfully sharp to the senses or emotions, deeply moving
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ambvalent
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simultaneous conflicting feelings
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malicious
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intention to do evil desire to tease
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fastidious
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very careful in maters of choice or taste, fussy; easily disgusted, squeamish
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cajoling
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persuade by flattery, deceit
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mutinous
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rebellious; tending to mutiny(revolt against authority
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disheveled
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untidy, ruffled, disordered
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incomprehensible
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cannot be understood
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doleful
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mournful, sad; dreary, dismal
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fervent
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ardent; impassioned; intense
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imperious
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overbearing, domineering; urgent, imperative
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retribution
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the receiving or dispensing of reward or punishment especially in the hereafter; reward
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relentless
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oppressively constant; no abatement
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