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25 Cards in this Set
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gauche
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akward, lacking grace, expecially social grace
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guile
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deception, cunning, decietful talk or conduct
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histrionic
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having to do with actors or acting;
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hypotheticaL
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based on the assumption, something assumed for the purpose of argument, something asumed while the facts are exposed
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impervious
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impenetrable, unaffected, not influenced by
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inadvertent
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inattentive, not observant, negligent, heedless, hence unintentional
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incumbent
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resting on as a duty or obligation
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inference
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conclusion, deduction,
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intaglio
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a design carved or engraved below the surface of a material, a gem so cut
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invalidate
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to deprive of legal force, to abolish, annul
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jettison
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to trhow goods overboard to lighten a craft, to discard, cast off
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lassitude
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feeling of weariness, languor,m a state of weariness, fatigue
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livid
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pallid, as with rage or illness, discolored by a purise-grayish blue
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machination
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a clever or secret plot of intrigue, exp. with evil intent, scheme
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mercenary
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working or performing only for money or gain, venal, greedy
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feint
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to lure or decieve with a feint (scam) to make a pretense of (know noun form as well)
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garrulous
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loquacious, pointlessly or annoyingly talkative
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zenith
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acme; apex, climax
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raze
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destroy to the ground; demolish; to scrape, cut or shave off
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candid
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blunt; frank, marked by honest sincere expression
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beligerent
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wagin war, ;bellicose punacious, quarrelsome, truculent
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consipcuous
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obvious to the eye of mind; noticable
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reticent
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inclined to be slien;t' or uncommunicative in speech; reserved shy
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obdurate
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hardened in feeling; stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing; adamant
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intrepid
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characterized by resolute frearlissness, fortitude, and courage
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