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20 Cards in this Set
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Accrue
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To grow or accumulate
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Annotation
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A critical or explanatory note or comment
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Bedlam
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A state or scene of uproar or confusion
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Covert
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hidden, disguised, purposefully kept secret
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Debonair
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pleasant, courteous, lighthearted, smooth and polished in manner and appearance
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Dun
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a creditor
to demand insistently dark drab dull |
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Efficacious
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effective
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Equanimity
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calmness, composure
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Fortuitous
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accidental
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Gist
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essential main point
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Gratuitous
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freely given; not called for by circumstances, unwarrented
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Imperious
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overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate
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Invective
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strong denounciation or condemnation
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Motley
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showing great variety
a jester |
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Munificent
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extremely generous
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procrastinate
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to delay, put off
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provocative
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tending to produce strong feelings
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recondite
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exceeding ordinary knowledge
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reprobate
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a depraved, vicious, or unprincipled
To condemn |
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Sedentary
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characterized by or calling for continued sitting remaining in one place
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