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30 Cards in this Set
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indelible
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permanent
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cabal
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group of people who plot together in a collusion
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junta
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a group of people who get together and are involved in a plot
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petulant
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impatient
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tirade
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(n) a prolongued complaint
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minificent
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generous
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perfidious
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disloyal
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lachrymose
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sad/given to shedding tears
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inexorable
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unrelenting
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gregarious
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social, loves to be around others
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bigot
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a biased/prejudice person
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condicil
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a supplement/appendix (usually to a will)
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bequest
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something that is given in a will
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duplicitous
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deceptive
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abut
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to juxtapose/be next to something
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quixotic
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unrealistic; idealistic
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onerous
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burdensome
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deciduous
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transient/like shedding of leaves annually
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scion
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descendent/hier (person who inherits property of a deceased person
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cantilevers
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a beam or block supporting a balcony
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consanguinity
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closeness in kinship - ie relative (blood)
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gratuitous
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unnecessary
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hedonist
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a person who's life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification
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contend
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to argue
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sham
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fake
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bountiful
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generous/abundant
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replete
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completely filled
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pariah
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outcast
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potentate
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a person who possesses great power, as a ruler or monarch
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predilection
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a partiality, preference towards
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