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50 Cards in this Set
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Calumniation |
Make false statements |
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Specious |
Pleasing to the eye bt deceptive |
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Sapient |
Having and showing wisdom |
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Perspicacious |
Having keen mental perception |
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Proclivity |
Habit |
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Incipient |
Beginning to exist |
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Spurious |
Not genuine |
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Nugatory |
Worthless |
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Altruistic |
Concerned fr others |
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Atavistic |
Reversion to an earlier type/ throwback |
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Supercilous |
Disdainful and contemptuous |
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Sanctimonious |
Hypocritical show of religious devotion |
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Impecunious |
Less money / poor |
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Commensurate |
Of d same measure or quantity |
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Austere |
Simple/ self denial |
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Cloistered |
Providing privacy / religious vows |
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Frivolous |
Not serious |
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Sartorial |
Relating to clothing |
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Exonerated |
Freed from accusations |
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Malfeasance |
Wrong doing |
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Unscrupulous |
Widout principles |
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Aboveboard |
Honest |
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Contrition |
Remorse |
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Reticent |
Reserved |
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Equivocal |
Uncertain/ open to question |
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Bucolic |
Rustic |
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Ebb |
Decline |
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Ameliorate |
Become better |
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Soporific |
Inducing mental lethargy |
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Acerbic |
Harsh |
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Sanguine |
Optimistic |
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Nuanced |
Having multiple meanings |
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Misanthropic |
Hater of ppl |
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Garrulous |
Talkative |
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Halcyon |
Happpy peaceful time |
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Inimical |
Unfriendly environment |
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Ascetic |
Who practices self denial |
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Nonpartisan |
Free from party affiliation |
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Heretic |
Wid beliefs in contrast wid church |
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Libertine |
Who is morally unrestrained |
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Eclectic |
Selecting best from various resources |
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Recondite |
Incomprehensible |
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Prosaic |
Unimaginative |
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Promulgate |
Declare in public |
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Peripatetic |
One who walks from place to place |
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Penurious |
Not having enough money |
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Itinerant |
Travelling to places fr work |
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Bloviating |
Speaking in pompous manner |
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Braggadocio |
Vain and empty boasting |
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Cupidity |
Greed/ avarice |