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15 Cards in this Set
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Raillery
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good-humored ridicule
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Staid
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fixed, settled, or permanent.
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Bilious
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extremely unpleasant or distasteful
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mendacity
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an instance of lying; falsehood
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Petulance
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Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered
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Genteel
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well-bred or refined; polite; elegant; stylish
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Peremptory
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leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal
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Deprecate
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to express earnest disapproval of
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Elocution
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a person's manner of speaking or reading aloud in public
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Remonstrance
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a protest
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Dogmatic
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asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner
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Diffident
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lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy
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Extricate
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to free or release from entanglement; disengage: to extricate someone from a dangerous situation
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Imprecate
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to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person
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Magnanimous
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generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness: to be magnanimous toward one's enemies.
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