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98 Cards in this Set
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imperious
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dictatorial
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reverential
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expressing devotion
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obsequious
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compliant
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leer
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knowingly stare
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glower
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stare angrily
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implore
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to beg for urgently
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curt
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rudely brief
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girth
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circumference
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cognizance
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awareness
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reveler
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one who takes part in celebration
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courtier
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one who seeks favor
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sycophant
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one who attempts to win favor by flattering
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derisive
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mocking
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appellation
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designation
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supercillious
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proud
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imperative
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expressing a command
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dissolute
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lacking moral restraint
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indifference
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impartiality
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droll
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dry humor
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madrigal
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short poem
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poignant
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moving
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elegy
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poem/song lamenting a deceased person
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eulogize
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praise highly
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deride
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treat/speak of with contempt
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enveterate
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long established
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denigrate
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attach the character of
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fiscal
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relating to finance
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insular
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isolated
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altruistic
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unselfish concern for welfare of others
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apathy
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lack of interest
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epoch
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particular period in history
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enervation
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state of being weakened
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livery
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distinctive dress
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parsimonious
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frugal
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scathing
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critical
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paltry
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lacking in importance
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tithe
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small part
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cavalier
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showing offhand disregard
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sardonic
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sarcastic
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avarice
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desire for wealth
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gentry
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people of a particular class or group
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sumptuous
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splender suggesting great expense
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vacuity
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being empty
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penchant
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liking
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antipathy
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strong feeling of aversion
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abet
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improve
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paean
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expression of joy
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narcissus
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totally vain
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squalor
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wretched condition
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evanescence
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lasting for a short time
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foreboding
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sense of impending evil
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shorn
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clipped off
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metonymy
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word or phrase substituted for another
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hyperbole
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exaggeration used for emphasis
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harbinger
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forerunner
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acrid
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sharp and unpleasant
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endemic
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peculiar to a particular locality
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stagnant
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not flowing
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infernal
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relating to lower world
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plummets
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something that weighs down
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begrimed
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to soil
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sallow
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sickly yellowish hue
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adder
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snake
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capstans
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spool shaped cylinder cable is wound
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interlude
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intervening period or episode
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certitude
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sureness
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apostrophe
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address to an absent person
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onomatopoeia
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words that sound like spelling
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ominous
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threatening
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tenure
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possession
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saffron
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orange-yellow color
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cormorant
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greedy person
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reverie
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daydream
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dissipated
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vanish by disspersion
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clamor
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loud outcry
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reminiscence
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recollecting past experiences
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deacon
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to alter boundaries slyly
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fiasco
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failure
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blowhard
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bragger
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moot
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subject to debate
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paradox
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contradictory statement
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disparity
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distinct in quality
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sullen
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gloomy
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insidious
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awaiting chance to entrap
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imperious
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characteristic of one of eminant rank
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petulant
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rude in speech or behavior
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innate
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in an individual from birth
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coddle
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spoil
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synecdoche
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part for the whole
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audacious
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daring
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revulsion
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drawing away
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surreptitious
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acquired by stealth
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clandestine
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conducted with secrecy
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deprecatory
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seeking to avert disapproval
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derisive
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causing use of ridiule to show contempt
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destitute
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lacking something needed
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tart
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sharp taste
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plight
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give in pledge
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