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21 Cards in this Set
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Rude or mean |
Churlish |
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Gloomy or sullenly ill-humored |
Morose |
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Gross injustice or wickedness |
Iniquity |
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A slaughterhouse |
Abattoir |
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Causing or involving great fear or suffering, dreadful, terrible |
Dire |
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A person who takes of horses, especially at an inn |
Ostler |
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Rude or bad-tempered, hostile, unfriendly |
Surly |
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A playfully mischievous person, a scoundrel |
Rogue |
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A slovenly, untidy woman or girl |
Slattern |
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A rascal or unscrupulous person |
Scapegrace |
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Friendly, warmly polite |
Affability |
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Any plant of the genus tropaeolum, cultivated for its showy, usually orange, red, or yellow flowers or for its fruit, which is pickled and used like capers |
Nasturtium |
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Spacious and roomy |
Commodious |
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A device, as a rod to which a freely rotating pointer is attached, for indicating the wind |
Weathervane |
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Full of menacing influences |
Baleful |
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In the near future, likely to happen |
Offing |
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A worthless piece of cloth, a rag |
Clout |
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Rude behavior or speech |
Insolence |
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To lie bathed in or be drenched in something, especially blood |
Weltering |
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Expressing or revealing thoughtfulness, usually marked by some sadness |
Pensive |
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Lack of energy or vitality; sluggish |
Languor |
