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48 Cards in this Set
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Reprobate
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Person hardened in sin; one devoid of decency
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Impassive
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Without feeling, not affected by pain
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Tawdry
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Cheap, gaudy, showy, tacky
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Harrow
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To distress, create stress or torment
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Disingenuous
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Sophisticated, artful, trying to deceive, cunning
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Quiescent
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at rest, dormant, torpid
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Antipathy
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Aversion, dislike
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Ascetic
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Practicing self-denial, austere, stark
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Punctilious
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Precise, paying attenion to trivialties esp etiquette
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Pusilianimous
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Cowardly, craven
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Engender
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Cause, produce, give rise to
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Venal
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Corruptible, open to bribery
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Contentious
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Argumentative, pugnacious
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Tenuous
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Unsubstantial, flimsy, weak
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Doggerel
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Trivial, poorly constructed verse
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Broach
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Bring up, announce, begin to talk about
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Undulate
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to move in a wavelike fashion, fluctuate
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Penury
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Extreme poverty
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Effrontery
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Boldness, impudence, arrogance
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Precipitous
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Rash, foolhardy, dropping sharply, dangerous
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Misanthrope
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One who hates mankind
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Piquant
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Agreeably pungent, stimulating
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Striated
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Striped, grooved or banded
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Raffish
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Low, vulgar, base, tawdry
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Insouciant
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Unconcerned, carefree
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Gainsay
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Deny
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Prevaricate
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Stray from or avoid the truth; equivocate
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Guileless
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Without deceit, honest
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Fulminate
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Berate, vituperate, to explode
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Brook
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to tolerate, endure
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Bedizen
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to adorn, esp in a cheap, showy manner
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Irresolute
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Unresolved, indecisive
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Inchoate
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not yet fully formed, rudimentary, elementary
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Minatory
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menacing, threatening
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Rapacious
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Voracious, greedy, plundering
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Philistine
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A smug ignorant person; one who lacks knowledge
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Abrogate
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Abolish or annul by authority; put down
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Denigrate
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Blacken, belittle, sully, defame
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Fecund
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Fertile
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Harangue
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A long, passionate speech
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Calumny
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Slander, aspersion
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Fulsome
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Disgusting, offensive due to excessiveness
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Volatile
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Changeable, inconstant, fickle, unstable, explosive
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Consternation
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Sudden confusion or amazement
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Mendacity
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Dishonesty
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Conjoin
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To join together
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Ineluctable
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Certain, inevitable
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Alacrity
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Cheerful promptness
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