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139 Cards in this Set
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Rustic
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Rural
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Bevy
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Group
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Leery
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suspicious
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Pulchritude
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Beauty
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Fawn
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Grovel
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Surfeit
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excessive amount
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Wan
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sickly pale
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Permeate
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penetrate
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Sobriquet
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nickname
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Verbose
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wordy
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Quiescent
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motionless
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Expurgate
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censor
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Estimable
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admirable
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Insurrection
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rebellion
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Pathogenic
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Causing disease
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Scintilla
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trace amount
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Rejoinder
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response
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Pugilism
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Boxing
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Salubrious
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healthful
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Loquacious
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talkative
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Pariah
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an outcast
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Panoply
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impressive array
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Ostensible
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apparent
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Nettle
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to irritate
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Multifarious
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diverse
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maudlin
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overly sentimental
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Inter
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to bury
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Prescient
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having foresight
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Orotund
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pompous
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Nadir
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lowest point
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Mendicant
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beggar
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Lachrymose
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tearful
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Legerdemain
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trickery
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imprecation
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a curse
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Declivity
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Downward slope
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Contumacious
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rebellious
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Encomium
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Warm praise
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Canard
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a lie
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Repast
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meal or mealtime
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Vim
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energy and vitality
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Erratic
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unpredictable and wandering
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Garner
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to gather and store
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Sublime
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grand or lofty
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Foment
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arouse or incite
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Euphony
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pleasant, harmonious sound
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Alacrity
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speed or quickness
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Indolent
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habitually lazy or idle
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Rarefy
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to make thinner or sparser
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Approbation
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approval and praise
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Convoluted
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complicated or intricate
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Audacious
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fearless and daring
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Paradox
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contradiction or dilemma
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Surly
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rude or bad tempered
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Peccadillo
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a small sin or offense
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Pallid
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Lacking color or liveliness
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Stentorian
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extremely loud
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Kudos
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fame, glory, or honor
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Distend
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to swell, inflate or bloat
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Wizened
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shriveled, withered, wrinkled
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Lugubrious
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sorrowful, mournful, dismal
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Luminous
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bright, brilliant, glowing
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Prudence
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wisdom, caution, or restraint
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Puerile
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childish, immature, or silly
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Erudite
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learned, scholarly, bookish
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Enumerate
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to count, list or itemize
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Fecund
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fertile, fruitful, productive
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Sentient
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aware, conscious, able to perceive
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Voluble
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talkative, speaking easily, glib
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Wanton
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undisciplined, unrestrained, reckless
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Mirth
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frivolity, gaiety, laughter
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Mercurial
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quick, shrewd, unpredictable
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Tawdry
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gaudy, cheap, showy
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Restive
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impatient, uneasy, restless
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Condone
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overlook, pardon, disregard
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Inquest
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investigation
inquiry |
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Iniquity
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sin
evil act |
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Fallow
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dormant
unused |
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Frenetic
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frantic
frenzied |
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Enigma
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puzzle
mystery |
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Reticent
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silent
reserved |
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Propitiate
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conciliate
appease |
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Neophyte
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novice
beginner |
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Blight
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afflict
destroy |
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Assail
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attack
assault |
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Limpid
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clear
transparent |
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credulous
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trusting
gullible |
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Prattle
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meaningless
foolish talk |
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Seraphic
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angelic
sweet |
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Umbrage
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offense
resentment |
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August
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dignified
grandiose |
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Jocular
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playful
humorous |
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Archaic
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ancient
old fashioned |
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Bolster
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support
prop up |
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Affected
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phony
artificial |
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Plucky
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courageous
spunky |
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Abase
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humble
disgrace |
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Guile
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deceit
trickery |
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Bilk
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cheat
defraud |
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Profligate
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corrupt
degenerate |
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Heretical
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unorthodox
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Malediction
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curse
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Transmute
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change
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Attrition
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wearing down
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Querulous
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fretful
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Pusillanimous
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cowardly
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Vagary
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caprice
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Fulminating
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thundering
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Circumvent
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frustrate
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Cartel
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industrial pool
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Decorum
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seemliness
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Mountebank
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trickster
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Phlegmatic
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stolid (apathetic, stupid)
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Laconic
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terse
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Inexorable
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relentless
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Astringent
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contracting
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Corpulent
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fat
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Inveterate
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habitual
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Pedantic
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stilted
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Petulant
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peevish (irritable, testy)
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Propriety
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fitness
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Overwrought
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agitated
overdone |
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Obstinate
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stubborn
unyielding |
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Zeal
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passion
excitement |
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Uequivocal
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absolute
certain |
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Vestige
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trace
remnant |
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Wily
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clever
deceptive |
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Winsome
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charming
happily engaging |
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Inexorable
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inflexible
unyielding |
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Fetid
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foul-smelling
putrid |
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Furtive
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secret
stelthy |
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Sportive
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frolicsome
playful |
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Noisome
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stinking
putrid |
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Fractious
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unruly
rebellious |
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Cupidity
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greed
strong desire |
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Repose
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relaxation
leisure |
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Sardonic
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cynical
scornfully mocking |
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Taciturn
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silent
not talkative |
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Symbiosis
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cooperation
mutual helpfulness |
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Sully
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tarnish
taint |
