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25 Cards in this Set
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Opprobrium
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Pubic disgrace
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Libertine
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A free thinker (disparagingly), usually a man without moral restraint
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Sportive
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Frolicsome; playful
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Pare
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To trim off excess; to reduce
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Coffer
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A strongbox; a large chest for money
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Wanton
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Undisciplined; unrestrained and reckless
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Lissome
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Easily flexed; limber; agile
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Ossified
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To change into bone; to become hardened or set in a rigidly conventional pattern
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Penury
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An oppressive lack of resources (as money); severe poverty
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Stentorian
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Extremely loud
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Legerdemain
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Trickery
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Voluble
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Talkative; speaking easily; glib
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Torpor
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Extreme mental and physical sluggishness
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Sycophant
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A flatterer; fawner
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Sagacious
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Shrewd; wise
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Bonhomie
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Good-natured geniality; affable
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Officious
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Too helpful; over eager
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Slake
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To calm down or moderate
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Abscond
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To leave secretly
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Jingoism
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Belligerent support of one's country; nationalism; chauvinism
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Vex
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To annoy or confuse
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Martinet
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Strict disciplinarian
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Distaff
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The female branch of a family
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Maudlin
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Overly sentimental
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Nettle
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To annoy
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