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16 Cards in this Set
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spurious (adj)
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fake
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The money is spurious it burns the wrong color
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guile (n)
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trickery
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He has a lot of guile, he got me to give him a 100 dollars
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beguile (v)
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to trick with charm
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OJ Simpson was able to beguile the jury enough
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strategem (n)
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deceitful scheme
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I need a stratagem to get an A
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duplicity (n)
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deceit
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specious (adj)
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false but plausible
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furtive (adj)
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secretive
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rapacious (adj)
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greedy
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transient (adj)
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fleeting, short lived
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ephemeral (adj)
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short-lived
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capricious (adj)
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impulsive
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evanescent (adj)
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likely to vanish
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extemporaneous (adj)
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done with no practice
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transitory (adj)
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lasting for a short time
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influx (n)
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a flowing in)
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contemporaneous (adj)
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existing at the same time
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