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25 Cards in this Set
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artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
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ingenuous
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accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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inured
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easily angered
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irascible
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general term for describing one fond of pleasure and luxury
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syborite
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a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons.
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ascetic
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to conduct oneself or perform showily or ostentatiously in an attempt to impress onlookers
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grandstand
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not feeling regret about one's sin or sins; obdurate.
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impenitent
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1. of or pertaining to shepherds; pastoral.
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bucolic
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having little or no money; penniless; poor
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impecunious
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ill humor, peevish temper, or spite.
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spleen
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nebulous
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vague, cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
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obtuse
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lacking sharpness of intellect
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obviate
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to anticipate and make unnecessary
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onerous
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troubling, burdensome
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paean
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a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
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perfidy
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intentional breach of faith; treachery
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perspicacious
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acutely perceptive
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acting with excessive haste or impulse
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precipitate
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to deliberately avoid the truth
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prevaricate
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to retract, esp a previously held belief
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recant
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quiet, reserved
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reticent
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concerned and attentive; eager
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solicitous
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characterized by filth, grime or squalor; foul
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sordid
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to block, thwart
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stymie
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fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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truculent
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