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25 Cards in this Set
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unstinting
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giving with unrestrained generosity
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asperity
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harshness; severity
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penurious
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stingy; miserly
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perfunctory
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done in a routine manner; indifferent; automatic
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plethora
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a superabundance
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caprice
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a sudden, unpredictable, or whimsical change
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debacle
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disaster; collapse; a rout
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decorous
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suitable; proper; seemly
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beseech
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to beg, plead, implore
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sojourn
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a temporary stay, visit
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constrain
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to force, compel; restrain
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effrontery
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shameless boldness
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Propitiating
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concilatory, mollifying or appeasing
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requiem
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a musical composition or poem written to honor the dead
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sidereal
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relating to the stars or the constellations
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signatory
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someone who signs an official document or petition along with others
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edifying
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instructive, enlightening
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ponderous
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unwieldy and bulky; oppressively dull
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elegy
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a song or a poem expressing sorrow
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tenuous
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thin, slim, delicate; weak
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aver
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state confidently
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throwback
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a reversion to an earlier type; an atavism
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spurious
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not genuine, false; bogus
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malign
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to speak evil of
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coda
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in music, a concluding passage
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