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30 Cards in this Set
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Assiduous
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Showing great care, perseverence
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Indigent
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Poor, needy
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Loath
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Reluctant
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Foolhardy
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Recklessly bold
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Vaunt
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Boast about, praise
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Inordinate
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Unusually, disproportionally large
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Avarice
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Greed for wealth
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Misanthrope
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One who dislikes society
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Disdain
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Feeling that something is unworthy of one's attention, respect
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Petulance
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Irritability
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Disrepute
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State of being held in low esteem
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Eclectic
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Selecting, choosing from different sources
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Iridescent
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Displaying many lustrous colors
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moribund
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in a dying state; near death
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Irresolute
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Doubtful, vacillating
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denouement
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the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot, as of a drama or novel.
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Mollify
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to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
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Recidivist
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Relapse (into crime)
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Reticent
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Reserved, reluctant
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Altruistic
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Unselfishly concerned for welfare of others
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Sanguine
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Cheerfully optimistic
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Chicanery
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Use of trickery to achieve a purpose
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Ingenuous
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Innocent, unsuspecting (gullible)
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Artifice
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(n) Clever, cunning devices or expedients, used to deceive others
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Admonition
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Authoritative counsel, warning
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Pertinacious
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Holding firmly to an opinion or course of action, stubborn
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Judicious
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Done with good judgement, sense
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Divest
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To strip or deprive of (posessions)
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Promulgate
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To make known by open declaration, proclaim
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Self-effacement
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Withdrawal from attention
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