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25 Cards in this Set
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Inimical |
Tending to obstruct or harm |
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Mendacious |
Not telling the truth |
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Pragmatic |
Practical |
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Quixotic |
Impractical |
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Roundly |
Bluntly |
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Simpatico |
likeable and easy to get on with. |
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Inur |
accustom (someone) to something, especially something unpleasant. |
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Maudlin |
Self pitying |
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Consanguineously |
relating to or denoting people descended from the same ancestor. |
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Fecund |
producing or capable of producing an abundance of offspring or new growth; highly fertile. |
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dionysian |
realting to the sensual, emotional aspects of human nature |
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protean |
tending or able to change frequently, versatile, ever changing |
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impoverished |
made poor, weekened |
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squalid |
extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect. |
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arcadian |
an idealized country dweller |
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whet |
stimulate, excicte |
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colluding |
conspiring |
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in cahoots |
collusing, conspiring |
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stymie |
prevent or hinder the progress of |
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muckraking |
the action of searching out and publicizing scandal about famous people. |
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plangent |
mournful |
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baying |
shout loudly, demanding |
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seething |
moving in a rapid or hectic way, characterized by intense anger |
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stygian |
very dark |
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farcical |
absurd |
