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85 Cards in this Set
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attenuated
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slender thin
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comely
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attractive
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corpulent
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fleshy
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dandy
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a man whose style of dress is ostentatiously elegant or fashionable
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dapper
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neat, trim and smart in dress
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emaciated
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thin, wasted
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fob
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someone who is excessively concerned with being fashionable.
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frowzy
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dirty, untidy
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gaunt
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slim, lack of nourishment
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homely
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plain, unattractive in appearance
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lanky
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awkwardly lean or long
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pallid
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pale, especially from illness or shock
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pulchritudinous
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beautiful
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rangy
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tall and thin
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rotund
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round, plumo
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sartorial
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pertaining to clothing or to tailors
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slattern
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an untidy and slovenly woman
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slovenly
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untidy, dirty
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soignee
soigne |
well-dressed women
well-dressed men |
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stout
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fat and short
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svelte
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slender, graceful, elegant
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swarthy
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dark-complexioned
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affluent
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wealthy
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avarice
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greed, desire to get something
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cupidity
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greed for gain
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destitute
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without resources, in poverty
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fiscal
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pertaining money
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frugal
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careful in use of money
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impecunious
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poor
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indigent
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needy, poor
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mendicant
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a beggar
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mercenary
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serving merely for pay
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miserly
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stingy, cheap
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munificent
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generous
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opulent
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rich, wealthy, affluent
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parsimonious
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cheap
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plutocrat
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a person exercising power or influence over others by right of wealth or position
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prodigal
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recklessly wasteful
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profligate
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recklessly extravagant
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solvent
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able to pay one's debt
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squander
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use money in a wasteful manner
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bombastic
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using high-sounding language, pompous
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chatterbox
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a person who talks incessantly
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declaim
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to speak in a dramatic way
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diatribe
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a abusive criticism
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discursive
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rambling, wandering from one topic to another
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garrulous
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talking to much
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glib
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easy manner
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grandiloquent
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using pompous, bombastic words
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harangue
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a loud, noisy speech
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hector
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bully
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inaudible
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not loud enough to be heard
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laconic
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using a few words
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loquacious
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very talkative
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mellifluous
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sounding sweet and smooth
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pithy
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terse, but full of meaning
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pontificate
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to speak in a pompous way
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prolix
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wordy, long-winded
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rail
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complain
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stentorian
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very loud
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succinct
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clearly and briefly stated
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taciturn
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no liking to talk
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terse
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brief
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verbose
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wordy, long-winded
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vociferous
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loud, noisy
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voluble
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talkative
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antediluvian
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very old, primitive
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antiquated
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old-fashioned, out of date
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archaic
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ancient, antiquated
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callow
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young, inexperienced
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hoary
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very old
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ingenue
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inexperienced young woman
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jejune
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not mature
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juvenescent
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young
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neophyte
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beginner
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newfangled
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new
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novice
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new, a beginner
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precocious
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developed or mature enough beyond what is normal for the age
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puerile
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childish, silly
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senescence
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old
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senile
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old
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superannuated
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very old, very experienced
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tyro
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a novice, a beginner
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venerable
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worthy for respect by the reason of age
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veteran
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experienced
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