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16 Cards in this Set
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draconian
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very strict laws and rules
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laconic
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very concise; brief
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succinct
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very concise; brief
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terse
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very concise; brief
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spartan
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plain; simple
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austere
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plain; simple
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halcyon
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idyllically calm and tranquil
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sophistry
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a deliberately misleading arguement
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chimerical
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a fantastic scheme; unchecked imagination
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ostracize
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to deliberately exclude from a group
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impecunious
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poor; penniless; not affluent
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nefarious
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extremely wicked; vile
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jovial
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good-humored; cheerful
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jocular
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good-humored; cheerful
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dirge
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a funeral hymn; mournful music
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maudlin
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excessively sentimental
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