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25 Cards in this Set
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Megalomania
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abnormal desire for wealth and power
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Profligate
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wasteful
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Coup
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revolution
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exonerate
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to free from guilt
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fiat
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an official order, decree
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mendacious
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lying, untrue
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parismonious
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miserly
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pecuniary
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financial
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balk
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to refuse to move
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rife
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widespread
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reviled
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scolded
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indict
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accuse
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nebulous
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unclear, vague
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redolent
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fragrant
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repose
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state of rest
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omnivorous
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eating any kind of food
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disparate
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different
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abstemious
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moderate in eating or drinking
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extant
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still existing
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vicissitudes
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difficulties
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trenchant
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keen, incisive
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puissant
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powerful
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maudlin
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sentimental
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unabated
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without subsiding
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levity
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lightness of disposition
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