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63 Cards in this Set
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cynicisim
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contempt for the opinion of others of what others value
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curtail
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to cut off or cut short
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cupidity
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avarice
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culprit
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a gulity person
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culpable
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guilty
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culinary
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of or pertaining to cooking or the kitchen
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credulous
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easily deceived
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credible
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believable
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crass
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coarse or thick in nature or structure,,as opposed to thin or fine
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covert
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concealed, espically for an evil purpose
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corrosion
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gradual decay by by crumbling or surface disintegration
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corrigible
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capable of reformation
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corpulent
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obese
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corporal
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belonging or relating ro the body as opposed to the mind
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copious
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plentous
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convivial
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devoted to feasting or to good-fellowship in eating or drinking
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contumacious
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rebellious
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contrite
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broken in spirit because of sence of sin
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contemptible
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worthy of scorn or disdain
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conspicious
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clearly visible
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baleful adj.
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Malignant
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banal
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commonplace
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beatify
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to make supremely happy
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belie
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to mis represent
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belittle
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to disarage
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bellicose
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warlike
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belligeremt
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manifesting a war like spirit
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benefactor
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a doer of kindly and charitable acts
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someone who donates money for a carity or a good cause
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beneficent
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characterized by charity and kindness
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benevolent
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loving others and activelt desirous of their well-being
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benign
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good and kind of hear
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bereave
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to make desolate with loneliness
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blasphemeous
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engaging in profane acts, offensive to things held sacred
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blatant
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noisily jolly or rowdy
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bolster
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to support, as aomething wrong
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bleak
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desolate
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bombastic
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an inflated pr pretenious manner of speech or writting
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bountiful
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showing abundance
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braggart
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a vain boaster
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brandish
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to wave, shake, or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear
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bravado
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an agressive display of boldness
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brevity
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shortness of duration
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broach
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to mention, for the last time
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bumptious
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fukk of offensive and aggressive self-conceit
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burnush
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to make brilliant or shinning
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bursar
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a treasurer
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buttress
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any support or prop
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cocaphony
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a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination ot sounds or tones
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cajole
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to impose on or dupe by flattering speech
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callow
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without experience of the world
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candid
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straightforwardness
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candor
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the quality of frankness or outspokeness
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capacious
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roomy
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capricious
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subject to whim; inpulsive and unpredictable
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captivate
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to fascinate, as by excellence, elowuence, or beauty
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carduac
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pertaining to the heart
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castigate
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to punish
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catastrophe
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any great and sudden misofrtune or calmaity
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cavalier
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haugthy, aargant towards others
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circumnavigate
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to sail quite around
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circumscribe
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to cinfine within bounds
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circumspect
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showing watchfullness, caution, or careful consideration
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clairvoyance
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intutive sagacity or oerception
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