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22 Cards in this Set
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inimical
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hostile, unfriendly
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intransigent
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uncompromising, refusing to be reconciled
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irascible
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easily made angry
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polemic
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noun: a controversial argument or person. adj: controversial
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obsequious
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overly submissive and eager to please
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obviate
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to prevent, to make unnecessary
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pedant
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someone who shows off learning
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penury
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extreme poverty, destitution
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munificent
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very liberal with giving, generous
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paucity
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scarcity
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mendicant
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beggar
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peregrination
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the act of traveling
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exhort
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to give urgent advice
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facetious
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humorous, not meant to be taken seriously
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perfidious
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willing to betray one's trust
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prevaricate
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to lie of deviate from the truth
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prodigal
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lavish, wasteful
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propitiate
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to conciliate
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quiescent
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motionless
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reticent
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silent, reserved
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soporific
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causing sleep or lethargy
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specious
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deceptively attractive, seemingly plausible but fallacious
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