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24 Cards in this Set
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Conscientious
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Taking great care; painstaking, diligent
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Sonorous
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Loud, deep, or resonant in sound
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Melancholy
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Soberly thoughtful, in a gloomy state of mind
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Malaise
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A vague or unfocused feeling of mental uneasiness, lethargy, or discomfort
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Wistful
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Sadly pensive, esp about something yearned for
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Condescension
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The act or an instance of behaving in a patronizing way
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Torpor
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Sluggish inactivity or inertia
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Callous
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Unfeeling; insensitive
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Abject
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Utterly wretched or hopeless
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Miasma
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An unwholesome or oppressive atmosphere
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Dissimulation
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Concealment of the truth about a situation
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Innocuous
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Having little or no adverse or harmful effect; harmless
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Indolent
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Having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful
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Impertinent
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Insolently rude or uncivil
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Licentious
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Unrestrained by law or general morality; lawless; immoral
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Voluptuous
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Relating to, characterized by, or consisting of pleasures of the body or senses; sensual
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Rancor
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Malicious resentfulness or hostility
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Meticulous
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Taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough
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Odious
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Deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable
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Lascivious
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Lustful; lecherous
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Venal
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Characterized by corruption
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Pretentious
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Making claim to distinction or importance, esp undeservedly
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Evoke
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To call up; cause to appear; summon
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Garrulous
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Excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, esp about trivial matters
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