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25 Cards in this Set
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Panache
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Flamboyance or dash in style and action; verve
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Licentious
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Immoral; unrestrained by society
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Inquest
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An investigation; an inquiry
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Wan
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Sickly pale
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August
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Dignified; grandiose
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Mirth
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Frivolity; gaiety; laughter
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Tawdry
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Showy but cheap and of poor quality; tasteless
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Rococo
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Very highly ornamented; fancy, showy
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Cupidity
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Greed; strong desire
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Lassitude
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A state of diminished energy
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Propitiate
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To conciliate; to appease
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Proclivity
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Preference, tendency, proneness
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Repose
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Relaxation; leisure
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Xenophobia
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A fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers
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Nominal
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Existing in name only; negligible, minimal
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Parry
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To ward off or deflect
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Palatial
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Relating to a palace; magnificent
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Prattle
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Meaningless, foolish talk
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Intractable
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Not easily managed or manipulated
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Quotidian
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Occurring daily; commonplace
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Winsome
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Charming; happily engaging
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Malinger
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Evading responsibility by pretending to be ill
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Exigent
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Urgent; requiring immediate action
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Arbitrate
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To judge a dispute between two opposing parties
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Frenetic
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Frantic; frenzied
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