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30 Cards in this Set
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temerity
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recklessness; wild craziness
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tempestuous
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stormy, turbulent; like a 'tempest'
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tenacity
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persistence; tending to hold on firmly
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terse
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concise; free of superfluous words
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uncouth
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crude; unrefined; awkward
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unscrupulous
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unprincipled; lacking ethical values
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upshot
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outcome, result
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usurped
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to illegally seize the power or rights from another
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vacuity
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emptiness, vacuum
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verbose
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excessively wordy
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vilify
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to slander; defame
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vindicate
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to clear of blame or suspicion
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vindictive
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vengeful
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wanton
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immoral; unchaste; cruel
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wily
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crafty
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zenith
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peak; summit; acme
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acclivity
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sharp incilne of a hill
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accost
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to approach and speak to
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adroit
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skillful
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aesthetic
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artistic; pertaining to a sense of what is beautiful
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bawdy
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obscene; coarse; humorous
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beguile
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trick
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bereft
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lacking something needed
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betroth
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to become engaged
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cacophonous
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sounding discordant; terrible and generally unpleasant to listen to
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cajole
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to coax
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candor
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frankness; candidness
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capricious
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unpredictable; following whim
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deplete
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to lessen the supply or content of
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derogate
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to detract; to take away
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