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30 Cards in this Set
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oblique
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indirect
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cozen
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mislead or trick someone
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dolorous
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pain or sorrow
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parry
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fencing move
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flout
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treat someone with scorn
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intransigence
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stubborness/ inflexibility
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fickle
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lacks stability
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unconscionable
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not restrained by conscious; not reasonable
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scrupulous
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principled
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largesse
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generosity (superior giving to inferior
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fractious
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irritable
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amok
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state of rage
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alluvial
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relating to the soil deposits left by the river
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ambrosia
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food of the gods
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amortize
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end a debt by setting aside money
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ameliorate
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improve, make better
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amble
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walk at an easy pace
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amalgamate
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combining, mixing
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amorous
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sexual love
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alms
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money given to poor people
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amalgam
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mixture of things
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amorphous
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shapeless
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alloy
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to debase by mixing something inferior
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amity
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friendship between two nations,
amistad (spanish for friendship) |
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amenable
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willing to be led
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ambivalent
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contradictory
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amulet
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talisman, charm
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analgesic
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something that kills sensitivity to pain
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animus
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hostile feeling (think animosity)
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anthropia
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human like
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