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33 Cards in this Set
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ESURIENT
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HUNGRY, GREEDY
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INDIGENT
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POOR, NEEDY
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INDOLENT
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LAZY
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PATRICIAN
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ARISTOCRAT, NOBLEMAN
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PAEAN
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SONG OF PRAISE, TRIUMPH
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PLEBEIAN
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COMMONER
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EXPATIATE
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SPEAK, WRITE AT LENGTH & IN DETAIL
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ABERRANT
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DEPARTING FROM AN ACCEPTED STANDARD
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ABASE
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DEGRADE, BELITTLE SOMEONE
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HAPLESS
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UNFORTUNATE
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INCIPIENT
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IN AN INITIAL STAGE
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SULLY
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DAMAGE THE PURITY/INTEGRITY OF, DEFILE
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MAR
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IMPAIR THE APPEARANCE OF, DISFIGURE
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VAUNT
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BOAST ABOUT, PRAISE
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MYOPIC
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NEARSIGHTEDNESS
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PLIANT
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PLIABLE, FLEXIBLE
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INTRANSIGENT
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UNWILLING, REFUSING TO CHANGE ONE'S VIEW
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DISAVOW
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DENY ANY RESPONSIBILITY, SUPPORT FOR
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DESULTORY
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LACKING IN PURPOSE
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SATURNINE
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DISINCLINED TO TALK
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VERTIGINOUS
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DIZZYING
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ANOMALOUS
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INCONSISTENT
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PLUCKY
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HAVING/SHOWING COURAGE IN FACE OF DIFFICULTIES
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ARTLESS
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DECEIT-LESS, GUILELESS
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BUNGLE
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CARRY OUT CLUMSILY, INCOMPETENTLY
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PIECEMEAL
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CHARACTERIZED BY UNSYSTEMATIC PARTIAL MEASURES TAKEN OVER A PERIOD OF TIME
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CONCILIATORY
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INTENDED OR LIKELY TO PLACATE, PACIFY
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LAUDABLE
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DESERVING PRAISE, COMMENDATION
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HISTRIONIC
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OVERLY THEATRICAL, MELODRAMATIC
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EXTEMPORANEOUS
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SPOKEN, DONE WITH PREPARATION
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HACKNEYED
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UNORIGINAL, OVERUSED
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VAGARY
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UNEXPECTED, INEXPLICABLE CHANGE
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QUOTIDIAN
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DAILY, EVERYDAY, ORDINARY
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