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30 Cards in this Set
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Malingerer
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One who feigns illness to escape duty, fakes
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Malleable
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Capable of being shaped by pounding
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Maverick
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Rebel, nonconformist
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Mendactous
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Lying, habitually dishonest
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Misanthrope
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One who hates mankind
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Mitigate
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Appease, moderate
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Mollify
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Soothe
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Morose
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Ill-humored, sullen, melancholy
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Mundane
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Wordly as opposed to spiritual
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Neophyte
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recent convert, beginner
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Obdurate
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Stubborn
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Obsequious
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Slavishly attentive, servile, sycophantic
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Obviate
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Make unnecessary, prevent problems
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Occlude
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shut, close
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Officious
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Meddlesome, excessively pushy in offerins one's services
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Onerous
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burdensome
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Opprobrium
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Infamy, villification
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Oscillate
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Vibrate Pendulumlike, waver
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Ostentatious
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showy, pretentious, trying to attact attention
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Paragon
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Model of perfection
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Paucity
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Scarcity
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Pendatic
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Showing off learning, bookish
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Penchantic
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Showing off learning, bookish
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Penury
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Severe poverty, stinginess
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Perennial
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Somthing long-lasting
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Perfidious
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Treacherous, disloyal
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Perfunctionry
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Superficial, not through, lacking interest, care or enthusiasm
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Pervasive
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Spread throughout
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Phlegmatic
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Calm, not easily disturbed
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Piety
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Devoutness, reverence for God
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