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36 Cards in this Set
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languid
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lacking energy or spirit
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exonerate
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to free from blame or responsibility
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conscientious
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1) thorough and careful
2) guided by your conscience |
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amalgam
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a combination of diverse elements
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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penchant
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preference or tendency
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ardor
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energy, intensity, enthusiasm
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poignant
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touching
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clandestine
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secret (often for illegal acts)
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impugn
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to attack as false or wrong. to challenge or question
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obsequious
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excessively respectful
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obstreperous
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noisily and stubbornly defiant
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intransigent
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uncompromising, stubborn
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urbane
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polite, suave, and cultivated in manner
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delineate
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to depict or describe
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trite
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uninteresting because of overuse
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efficacious
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effective
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acrimony
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hostility
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frenetic
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wildly excited; frenzied; frantic
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incisive
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penetrating, clear, sharp
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penitent
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feeling or expressing remorse
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latent
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existing in hidden or dormant form
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diffident
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modest or shy
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bigotry
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stubborn and complete intolerance of any creed, belief, or opinion that differs from one's own
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blithe
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1) cheerful
2) without thought or regard; careless |
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loquacious
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talkative
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stratagem
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a plan to trick an enemy
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genteel
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polite; refined; elegant
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scintillating
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witty; clever
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truculent
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cruel; hostile
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recondite
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obscure
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meretricious
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gaudy and cheap
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putative
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having the characteristic of punishing
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prevaricate
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a lie
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pecuniary
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pertaining to money
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contentious
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quarrelsome
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