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22 Cards in this Set
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macaroon
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coconut cookie
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spendthrift
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careless spender
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plucky
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spirited
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barrister
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lawyer
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unsavory
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distasteful, immoral, offensive
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precarious
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insecure, encertain, risky
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broach
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start a discussion of a topic
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entreaties
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pleas, fervent requests
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palled (to pall)
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depressed, saddened, made gloomy
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zelously
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enthusiastically, fanatically
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lucrative
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money making
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indiscretion
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careless act
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infamous
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well known for a bad thing
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blackguard
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villan
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discrepancy
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gap in information
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dissimulation
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seeming, pretending, hiding a fact
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prevaricate
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to lie
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scurrilous
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vulgar, indecent, foul mouthed
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incubus
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demon, evil spirit, nightmare
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inexorable
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relentless, unstoppable
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amicably
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peaceably, friendly fassion
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expedient
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useful for selfish reasons, self interest as the goal.
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