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25 Cards in this Set
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chicanery
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dishonest scheming
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catankerous
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cross, ill natured
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chimeriacal
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unreal
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disdain
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look down upon, scorn, despise
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expunge
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to blot out, erase, destroy
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expurgate
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purge or cleanse
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fallible
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apt to be mistaken
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fecund
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prolific, fertile
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garish
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showy, over-decorated
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gossamery
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cobweblike, unsubstantial
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heterodox
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not orthodox, hertical
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ipecunious
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without money, poor
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inveterate
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firmly established, deep-rooted
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mundane
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practical, routine, ordinary
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oputlent
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possessing great wealth, plentiful, abundant
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oscillate
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to swing back and forth, fluctuate, waver
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propitious
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attended by favorable circumstances, gracious
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pusillanimous
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lacking courage, cowardly
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quack
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a pretender to medical knowledge, fasely poses as an expert
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recondite
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secret, hidden
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retaliation
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repay evil for evil
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temporize
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to act evasively to gain time or put off a decision
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transmutation
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the act of changing in nature, form, quality
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vapid
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flat or flavorless
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wrangle
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to argue or dispute noisily, brawl
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