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45 Cards in this Set
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Alacrity
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Eager willingness
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Prosaic
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Dull and lacking imagination
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Veracity
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Truthful, unwilling to lie
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Paucity
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A lack of something.
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Maintain
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Alternate meaning: to assert.
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Contrite
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Remorseful.
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Laconic
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Says few words, brief and to the point.
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Pugnacious
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Eager to argue or fight.
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Disparate
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Essentially different in kind.
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Egregious
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Outstandingly bad.
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Innocuous
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Not harmful or offensive.
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Candid
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Truthful and straightforward.
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Erratic
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Not regular in pattern, unpredictable.
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Bleak
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Gloomy or desolate.
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Profuse
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Plentiful and abundant.
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Arch
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Having a playful and witty sense of humor.
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Mordant
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Bitingly sarcastic.
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Cavalier
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Not displaying proper seriousness or concern, nonchalant.
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Mellifluous
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Sweet sounding, pleasant to hear.
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Solipsistic
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Philosophical theory that the self is the only thing that exists; self absorbed.
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Untrammeled
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Unrestrained, not held in check.
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Objurgate
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Scold harshly.
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Prurient
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Preoccupied with perverse details.
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Mawkish
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Overly sentimental, to a sickening degree.
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Desideratum
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Anything that is highly desired.
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Recapitulate
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Summarize and state again the main points.
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Confound
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Cause surprise or confusion.
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Repudiate
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Refuse to accept, deny the validity of.
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Patent
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Easily recognizable, obvious.
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Collude
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Come to a secret understanding for a harmful purpose, conspire.
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Vexation
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State of being annoyed, frustrated, or worried.
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Munificent
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Larger or more generous than is usual or necessary.
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Fastidious
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Very attentive and concerned with detail.
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Taciturn
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Reserved or uncommunicative, saying little.
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Mendacity
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Untruthfulness.
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Prevarication
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Lie, statement that perverts the truth.
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Avarice
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Extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
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Eclectic
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Deriving ideas from a broad range of sources.
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Jettison
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Throw or drop something from an aircraft or ship; the act of jettisoning something.
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Sanguine
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Cheerfully optimistic.
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Salubrious
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Health giving; pleasant.
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Calumnious
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Statements that are harmful and often untrue; discrediting.
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Inimical
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Tending to destruct or harm; hostile.
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Recrudescent
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The revival of an unfortunate situation.
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Evanescent
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Passing out of sight, memory, or existence.
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