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30 Cards in this Set
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astute
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clever, quick learner
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remiss
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careless, didn't do something you were supposed to
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vixen
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ill-tempered or quarrelsome woman
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ensconced
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surrounded by
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blasphemy
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a profane act against God, to say something bad against God
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enamored
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inspired with love, captivated
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sycophant
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someone who pretends to be a fan of someone just to get what they want, a toady or flatterer
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aberration
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a disorder, an abnormality
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stoic
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uneffected by emotions
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mulatto
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someone with one black parent, one white parent
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folderol
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silliness, nonsense
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haint
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ghost
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lolled
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sat around lazily
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audacity
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nerve, courage
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vilified
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talked against, talked bad about
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solicit
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to make a request, to ask for
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Ostracized
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excluded, left out by general consent
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dolorous
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marked by misery
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contentious
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quarrelsome, prone to fight
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mettle
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courage, inner strength
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wan
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pale, lacking color
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conjectured
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guessed or inferred
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insurrection
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revolution, an act of uprising
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cajoling
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begging, persuading by flattery
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addled
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confused
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vexation
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a source of trouble
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sullied
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dirtied, tarnished
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clandestine
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secret, hidden
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cravat
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necktie
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dilapidated
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broken down and shabby
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