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40 Cards in this Set
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phlegmatic
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stolid temperament
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diffidence
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quality of being hesitant
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effrontery
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insolence
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officious
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meddlesome
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redoubtable
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formidable
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penury
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extreme poverty
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chary
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hesitant
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lugubrious
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mournful
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ascetic
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austere
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pernicious
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damaging
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restiveness
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fidgety
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mendacity
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tendency to lie
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turpitude
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vile
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belie
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contradict
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apostate
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forsaker
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perfunctory
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routine
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insouciance
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nonchalance
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preponderance
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weighty
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truculent
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cruel
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munificent
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lavish
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fecund
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fruitful
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disapprobation
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praise
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complaisant
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compliant
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desultory
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lacking in purpose
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assiduous
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attentive
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beneficent
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kindly
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temerity
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audacity
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provident
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frugal
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diaphanous
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ephemereal
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turbid
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muddy
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libertine
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someone unrestrained by convention or morality
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reprobate
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condemn
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excoriate
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censure
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martinet
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discplinarian
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refractory
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resistant
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turgid
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swollen
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timorousness
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timid
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abeyance
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temporary suspension of activity
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enervate
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to weaken
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nonplussed
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perplexed
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