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20 Cards in this Set
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Deleterious
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harmful; hazardous
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Salubrious
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Health-giving
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Maladroit
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clumsy, unskillful
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Dexterous
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skillful with hands
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servile
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overly submissive, groveling
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cantankerous
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bad-tempered, quarrelsome
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mendacious
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given to lying
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avuncular
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of or having to do with an uncle; regarded as characteristic of an uncle, especially in benevolence or tolerance
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clemency
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mercy; mildness or gentleness shown in exercise of authority
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bellicose
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war-like, aggressive
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paucity
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shortage
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consummate
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complete, total, supremely good
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gregarious
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extroverted, sociable, outgoing
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laconic
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using few words; expressing much in few words; concise
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terpsichorean
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pertaining to dancing
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defenestrate
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to throw out of a window
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schadenfreude
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taking pleasure in other's misfortune
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zeitgeist
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the spirit of the time; the taste and outlook characteristic of a period or generation
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weltschmerz
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world-pain or world-weariness; the kind of feeling experienced by someone who understands that physical reality can never satisfy the demands of the mind
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zugzwang
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a situation in every possible action results in a disadvantage
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