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15 Cards in this Set
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dubious
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uncertain, skeptical, doubtful, questionable
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singular
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unique, special, remarkable, exceptional
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sanctimonious
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phony holy, exageerated religious feeling, hypocritical devotion or piousness often "holier than thou"
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preempt
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to supercede, to replace by prior arrangement
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frenetic
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frantic or frenzied, it describes how one acts when both desperately rushed and disorganzied
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immutable
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unchangeable, permanet, steadfast
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affinity
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a natural attraction or proclivity, a sense of kinship with something or someone, a strong sense of liking
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transient
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on the move, just passing through, not staying long
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vindictive
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to be spiteful, vengeful, malicious, wanting to take revenge
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exigent
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urgent, pressing, requiring immediate action
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facile
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easily done, glib, lacking depth
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precedent
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a something that comes before something else and serves as an example of or justification for it
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concord
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harmony, agreement, a peaceful similarity of attitudes
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willful
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headstrong, stubborn determined to have one's own way
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precipitate
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to bring about, to set off, to cause to happen
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