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35 Cards in this Set
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dispatch (n)
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efficiency; promptness
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indelible
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cannot be removed or erased
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ardor
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a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause), love, or great warmth
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improvidence
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a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources
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concision
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conciseness, brevity or terseness
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ferment (n)
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agitation
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concord
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agreement
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hapless
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deserving or inciting pity; unlucky; ill-fated
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incursion
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invasion; the mistake of incurring liability or blame
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tractable
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easily persuaded
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doctrinaire (v or adj)
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dogmatist; stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions;
stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability |
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intemperance
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lack of moderation
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imperiousness
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arrogance; haughtiness
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parquetry
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decorative floor
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surreptitiously
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stealthily, furtively
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lugubrious
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excessively mournful
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perfunctorily
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done without interest
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spendthrift
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wasteful person
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Occident
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the West
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abeyance
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suspended action
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peregrination
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a journey
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hauteur
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haughtiness
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adjuration
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solemn urging
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diurnal (adj)
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daily
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bowdlerize (v)
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to expurgate
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grotto (n)
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small cavern
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presage (v)
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to foretell
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ribald (adj)
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wanton; profane
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lissome (adj)
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agile
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cupidity
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greed
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empyreal (adj)
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celestial; fiery
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bilk (v)
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to swindle or cheat
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afflatus
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inspiration
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fiat (n)
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command
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argot (n)
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slang
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