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110 Cards in this Set
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Brevity
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n. briefness or conciseness in speech or writing
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Concise
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adj. using few words in speaking or writing
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Laconic
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adj. using few words in speech
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Pithy
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adj. brief and full of meaning and substance; concise
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Quiescent
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adj. quiet; still; inactive
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Reticent
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adj. not talking much; reserved
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Succinct
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adj. clearly and briefly stated; concise
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Taciturn
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adj. silent; sparing of words; close-mouthed
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Terse
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adj. using only the words that are needed to make the point; very concise, sometimes to the point of rudeness
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Bombastic
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adj. using language in a pompous, showy way; speaking to impress others
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Circumlocution
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n. speaking in circles; roundabout speech
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Colloquial
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adj. pertaining to common everyday speech; conversational
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Diffuse
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adj. spread out, not concise; wordy
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Digress
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vb. to wander off from the subject or topic spoke about
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Eloquence
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n. artful ease with speaking; speech that can influence people's feelings
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Garrulous
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adj. talkative; loquacious
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Grandiloquent
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adj. using big and fancy words when speaking for the purpose of impressing others
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Loquacious
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adj. very talkative; liking to talk; garrulous
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Prattle
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vb. to speak on and on in a senseless and silly manner; to talk foolishly
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Ramble
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vb. to talk on and on pointlessly, without clear direction
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Rant
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vb. to talk very loudly, even wildly; rave
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Rhetorical
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adj. relating to speech that is used to persuade or have some effect; insincere in expression
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Verbose
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adj. using too many words; wordy; long-winded
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Voluble
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adj. talking a great deal with ease; glib
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Arrogant
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adj. overbearing; proud; haughty
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Braggart
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n. one who boasts a great deal
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Complacent
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adj. self-satisfied; smug
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Contemptuous
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adj. lacking respect; scornful
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Disdainful
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adj. full of bitter scorn and pride; aloof
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Egotistical
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adj. excessively self-absorbed; very conceited
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Haughty
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adj. having great pride in oneself and dislike for others
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Insolent
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adj. boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior; rude
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Narcissistic
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adj. having to do with extreme self-adoration and a feeling of superiority to everyone
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Ostentatious
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adj. having to do with showing off; pretentious
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Presumptuous
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adj. too forward or bold; overstepping proper bounds
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Pretentious
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adj. claiming or pretending increased importance; ostentatious; affectedly grand
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Supercilious
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adj. looking down on others; proud and scornful
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Swagger
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vb. to walk around in a proud, showy manner; to boast in a loud manner
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Banal
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adj. dull or stale because of overuse; trite; hackneyed
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Cliché
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n. an idea or expression that has become stale due to overuse
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Derivative
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adj. unoriginal; taken from something already existing
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Hackneyed
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adj. made commonplace by overuse; trite (n. hack, one who copies or imitates the work of others)
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Insipid
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adj. lacking flavor or taste; unexciting
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Lackluster
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adj. lacking vitality, energy, or brightness; boring
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Mundane
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adj. commonplace; ordinary
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Platitude
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n. quality of being dull; an obvious remark uttered as if it were original
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Prosaic
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adj. dull; commonplace
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Trite
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adj. unoriginal and stale due to overuse
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Vapid
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adj. lacking freshness and zest; flat; stale
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Allay
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vb. to lessen fear; to calm; to relieve pain
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Alleviate
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vb. to lessen pain or discomfort
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Ameliorate
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vb. to make better; to lessen pain, difficulty, or tension
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Appease
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vb. to make tranquil or quiet, especially by giving into another's demands; to pacify
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Assuage
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vb. to alleviate; to lessen pain or conflict; pacify
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Conciliate
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vb. to win a person over through special considerations or persuasive methods; reconcile
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Mediate
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vb. to act as a go-between in settling conflicts or disputes between people or opposite sides
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Mitigate
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vb. to make or become less severe; to lessen pain or damage
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Mollify
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vb. to pacify, soothe, or appease; to make less severe or violent
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Pacify
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vb. to calm; to make peaceful; to restore to a tranquil state
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Placate
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vb. to make calm; to soothe
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Quell
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vb. to pacify; to subdue; to quiet down
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Affable
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adj. easy to talk to; easy to approach; friendly; kind; amiable
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Amiable
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adj. friendly, kind
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Amicable
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adj. showing goodwill; peaceable
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Congenial
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adj. compatible; having kindred needs or tastes; sympathetic
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Convivial
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adj. sociable, outgoing in a festive way, especially when pertaining to eating and drinking; fond of good company
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Cordial
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adj. warm and friendly; amiable
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Gregarious
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adj. sociable, outgoing
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Jocular
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adj. liking to be with people, joke around with them and have fun
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Levity
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n. lightheartedness; gaiety; carefree disposition, particularly when not appropriate
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Animosity
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n. hatred; ill will
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Antagonism
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n. hatred or hostility
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Bellicose
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adj. of a quarrelsome nature; eager to fight; warlike; belligerent
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Belligerent
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adj. taking part in war or fighting; ready to fight
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Cantankerous
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adj. bad-tempered; quarrelsome
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Captious
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adj. made for the sake of quarreling; quibbling
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Contentious
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adj. quarrelsome; belligerent
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Disputatious
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adj. likely to dispute or argue
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Polemical
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adj. inclined to argue or debate; controversial
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Predator
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n. one who takes advantage or another, exploits or feeds on another; a strong adversary or rival
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Pugnacious
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adj. eager to fight; belligerent
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Altruistic
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adj. showing an unselfish concern for others
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Benevolent
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adj. giving freely and easily to others; charitable; kind
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Largess
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n. generous giving
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Lavish
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adj. generous in giving to others or in spending money
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Magnanimous
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adj. generous in overlooking insult or injury by others; rising above pettiness
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Munificent
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adj. very generous
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Philanthropic
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adj. showing a desire to help others by giving gifts; charitable; humane
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Prodigal
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adj. wasteful, lavish
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Squander
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vb. to spend money (or time) in a wasteful, uncaring fashion
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Austere
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adj. having great economy; showing self-control when it comes to foregoing luxuries and frills; stern in manner or appearance
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Avaricious
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adj. greedy
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Frugal
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adj. careful with money; thrifty; not prodigal or wasteful
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Mercenary
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adj. greedy for self-gain; thinking only of money-making
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Miserly
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adj. careful with how money is spent; thrifty
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Parsimonious
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adj. overly thrifty or miserly
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Penurious
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adj. stingy; relating to great poverty, destitution
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Thrifty
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adj. showing care with how money and resources are spent or used; miserly
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Adversity
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n. great trouble or difficulty
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Conflagration
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n. a huge fire, an inferno
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Confounding
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adj. puzzling; baffling
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Cryptic
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adj. hidden; hard to understand; mysterious; obscure
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Debacle
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n. a failure or breakdown; a collapse that is often nonsensical
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Enigma
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n. a riddle or mystery; a puzzling or baffling matter or person
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Labyrinth
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n. a maze from which it is very hard to extricate or free oneself
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Precarious
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adj. dangerous or risky; uncertain
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Quagmire
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n. a difficult or troubling situation; a swampy ground, bog, mire
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Quandary
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n. a dilemma; a confusing or puzzling situation
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Turbulence
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n. great unrest; turmoil or disorder
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Turmoil
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n. a turbulent scenario or situation; tumult
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