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15 Cards in this Set
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ostentatious
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flamboyant, showy, grandiose
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Rebertoire
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an inventory, range, or collection
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oblique
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slanted, indirect, tilted
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noxious
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harmful, toxic, poisonous
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parsimony
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thriftiness, frugality, stinginess
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parochial
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insular, narrow-minded
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palliate
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to diminish, lessen, or lower
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obviate
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to prevent, avert, preclude
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ostensible
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superficial, alleged, supposed
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pedant
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obscurantist, obfuscator, doctrinaire
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rudiment
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an origin, a seed, a beginning
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respite
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break, breather, rest, or interval
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pecuniary
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economic, fiscal, financial
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opaque
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dense, unclear obscure
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parasite
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leech, scrounger, freeloader
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