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21 Cards in this Set
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Complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness
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Probity
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To seek favor through slave-like flattery; flatter excessively
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Fawn
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v: to deceive or trick n: an easily deceived or tricked person
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Dupe
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Deliberate breach of faith; calculated violation of trust; treachery; the act or an instance of treachery
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Perfidy
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Lying, untrue
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Mendacious
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To clear of blame, suspicion, or doubt / to justify or prove the worth of
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Vindicate
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Conduct according to moral principles; strict honesty; uprightness of character
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Rectitude
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Not genuine; false; counterfeit
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Spurious
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Not sanctioned or prohibited by custom or law; illegal; unlawful
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Illicit
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Pretending to be important, intelligent or cultured
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Pretentious
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To establish by proof or competent evidence
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Substantiate
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To leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself
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Abscond
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Freedom from prejudice; fairness; impartiality / honest, or sincere expression; forthrightness
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Candor
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To quibble or confuse the issue in order to evade the truth; avoid telling the truth
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Prevaricate
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Done by clandestine or stealthy means; acting stealthy
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Surreptitious
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Not openly practiced or shown; covered; hidden; secret
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Covert
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To cover; enclose
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Enshroud
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Going beyond what is reasonable; excessive
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Exorbitant
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To give or take on false impression of; pretend
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Feign
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Done by stealth; secret; stealthy
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Furtive
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A person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; a sycophant
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Toady
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