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12 Cards in this Set
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Miserly
Frugal |
sb who pinches every penny
sb who spends money wisely |
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Prevaricate
Variance |
to equivocate
quality of varying |
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Histrionic
History |
to be very theatrical
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Demur
Demure |
to show reluctance
a woman who is modest |
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Beatific
Beautiful |
sb who radiates bliss
nice |
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Perfunctory
Preemptive Peremptory |
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To act before sb else does bossy |
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Indigent
Indigenous Indignant |
very poor
local feel angry over a perceived injustice |
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Errant
Arrant Errand Err |
to be wandering
complete (with negative connotation) small chore to make an error |
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Artless
Artful Artifice |
to be innocent
to be cunning cunning |
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Expurgate
Expunge |
to remove offensive material
to remove any trace off |
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Censure
Censor |
to express disaproval
expurgate |
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Ponderous
Imponderable |
to move slowly and to be weighted
impossible to estimate |
