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40 Cards in this Set
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improvident
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not provident: not foreseeing or providing for the future
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haggard
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having a worn or emaciated appearance
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mirth
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gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter
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prowess
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distinguished bravery; esp. military valor and skill
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imperious
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befitting or characteristic of one of eminent rank or attainments
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emissary
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one designated as the agent of another
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interim
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an intervening time
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capricious
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governed or characterized by impulse
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incipient
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beginning to come into
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abomination
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something worthy of causing disgust or hatred
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brusque
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blunt in manner or speech often to the point of ungracious harshness
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benevolent
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marked by or disposed to doing good
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valediction
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an act of bidding farewell
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dynamism
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a dynamic or expansionist quality
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arduous
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hard to accomplish or achieve
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poignant
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painfully affecting the feelings
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deft
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characterized by facility and skill
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harbinger
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a person sent ahead
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elusive
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hard to comprehend or define
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approbation
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an act of approving formally or officially
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voluble
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characterized by rapid speech
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rend
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to split or tear apart or in pieces violently
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lamentation
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an act or instance of sorrow, mourning or regret
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esoteric
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designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone
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requisite
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essential, necessary
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derisive
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expressing or causing ridicule or scorn to show contempt
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callow
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lacking adult sophistication
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impudent
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lacking modesty; cocky boldness
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miscreant
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one who behaves criminally or viciously
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taboo
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a prohibition against saying or touching
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caste
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system of rigid social stratification characterized by social barriers sanctioned by custom and religion
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dispensation
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a particular arrangement or provision
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smart
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marked by often sharp forceful activity
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bereaved
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suffering the death of a loved one
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prestige
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standing in the eyes of the people
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discordant
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being of variance
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wan
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lacking vitality
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palavers
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a long parley usually between persons of different cultures or levels of sophistication
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sonorous
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full or loud in sound
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superfluous
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exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
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