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19 Cards in this Set
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Offcious |
Giving unnecessary or unwanted advice |
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Parsimonious |
To ungenerous in giving |
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Placate |
To soothe to pacify |
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Querulous |
Complaining in a whining manner |
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Quixotic |
Idealistic or utterly inpractable |
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Rebuff |
To refuse in an abrupt sharp way |
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Sagacious |
Very wise or shrewd |
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Taciturn |
Habitually untalkative |
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Tawdry |
Gaudy cheap |
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Wanton |
Marked by unprovoked gratuitous malicious |
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Allay |
Lessen fear |
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Antidote |
Remedy that counteracts the effect of poison |
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Bravado |
Bold conduct intended to in press or intimidate |
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Charlatan |
A person falsely calming to have knowledge |
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Clemency |
An act or intense for leiniency |
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Desecrate |
To show disrespect or deface something sacred |
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Debunk |
To prove wrong |
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Discrepancy |
Diffrence |
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Esoteric |
Understood by a few |
