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25 Cards in this Set
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bombastic
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high sounding, inflated
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burgeon
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to grow or develop quickly
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cajole
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to persuade by flattery
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dilatory
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tending to delay or procrastinate
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disconsolate
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gloomy, cheerless
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adduce
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to bring forward evidence
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amorphous
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lacking definate form
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baneful
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destructive, pernicious
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carmine
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purpleish red
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debauchery
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excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures
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intrinsic
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natural quality
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pestilence
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a deadly plague
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benevolence
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desire to do good to others
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providence
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god, foreseeing
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converse
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(v)to talk with someone
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diabolical
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devilish, fiendish
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abase
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to reduce or lower in rank, office, reputation
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irreverent
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disrespectful
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tremulous
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fear, trembling, nervousness
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swarthy
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relating to the skin, DARK
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chauvinism
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aggresive patriotism, blind enthusiasm
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draconian
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unusually severe or cruel
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hector
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Bully, to torment
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tawdry
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gaudy, flashy
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machiavellian
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characterized by excessive power and cunning
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