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15 Cards in this Set
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Supercilious
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coolly and patronizingly haughty
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Fractiousness
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quarrelsomeness; irritableness
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Wistfulness
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) yearning 2) musingly sad or pensive state of being
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pungent
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1) caustic
2) designed to make an impression 3) pleasurably stimulating |
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divan
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- large sofa
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incredulously
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unbelievingly; skeptically
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contemptuously
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despisingly; disdainfully; disrespectfully
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imperatively
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1) powerfully with ability to control/direct 2) urgently
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languidly
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listlessly; weakly; droopingly
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unobtrusively
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inconspicuously; unnoticeably
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complacency
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indifference; unconcern; apathy; excessive satisfaction
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extemporizing
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composing (or uttering) on the spur of the moment
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peremptorily
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expressive of urgency or command
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libel
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a statement published without just cause
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peremptory
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arrogant self-assurance
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