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39 Cards in this Set
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levity
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lightness or gayety of disposition
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supercilious
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disdainful; haughty and arrogant
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wan
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sickly pale; colorless
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languidly
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without vigor or vitality
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infinitesimal
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too small to be measured
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extemporize
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to improvise
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wistfulness
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longing pensively
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vacuous
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empty
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florid
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ruddy, reddish
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corpulent
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obese
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vinous
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characteristic of wine
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asunder
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into pieces
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jaunty
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stylish; chic; easy or careless; sporty
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punctilious
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very exact; careful in the observance of behavior and ceremony
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somnambulatory
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pertaining to sleepwalking
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laudable
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praiseworthy
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meretricious
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flashy; tawdry
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ceaseless
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continual
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decadent
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characterized by immorality
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reproach
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to accuse and blame
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feigned
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pretended
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fractiousness
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irritability
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complacency
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to be self-satisfied; feeling of pleasure or security
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ether
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used as an anesthetic; chemical
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prodigality
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extravagantly wasteful
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obstetrical
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pertaining to childbirth
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implore
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beg earnestly; demand
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rent
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to tear
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molars
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back teeth
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benediction
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Catholic devotional service
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reproach
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critize somebody for doing something wrong
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elude
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escape
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recede
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disappear; go back; get father away
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mesmerize
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hypnotize; absorb somebody's attention
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sardonic
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disdainfully mocking
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pastoral
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relating to the countryside or to rural life
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orgiastic
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lacking retraint
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peremptorily
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that cannot be denied, delayed, or opposed
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banns
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the proclamation of intended marriage
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