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35 Cards in this Set
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fractiousness
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of a nature to be troublesome
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ineffable
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unspeakable; incapable of being expressed in words
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oblivious
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unaware
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ingratiate
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gain favor by deliberate effort
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dilatory
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tardy; causing delay
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perceptible
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capable of being perceived by the senses
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portentous
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eliciting amazement or wonder; ominious
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truculent
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cruel; harsh; belligerent
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fortuitously
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luckily; accidently
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adventitious
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accidental
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pasquinade
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satire
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surmise
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conjecture; idea based on scanty evidence
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insidious
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treacherous; having a gradual and cumulative effect
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superlicious
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cooly and patronizingly haughty
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imperceptibly
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not perceptible or understood by a sense of the mind
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wan
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suggestive of poor health
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cynical
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contemptuously distrustful of human nature and motives
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peremptorily
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authroitatively; putting an end to a right of action
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contiguous
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being in actual contact; touching
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harlequin
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variegated pattern; combination of colors
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prodigality
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reckless extravagance
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staid
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marked by sedateness and prim self-restraint
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condescending
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voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in relations with an inferior
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vacuous
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lacking content; empty
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florid
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red-taced; flower covered or colored
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corpulent
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having a large, bulky body
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provincial
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limited in outlook
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echolalia
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the often pathological repitition of what is said by other people as if echoing them
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malevolence
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evil, bad behavior
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punctilious
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concerned with details of codes or conventions
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somnambulatory
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trance-like; sleep-walking
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succulent
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full of juice and freshness
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denizen
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inhabitant; one that frequents a place
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meretricious
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falsely attractive; based on pretense or insincerity; specious; false allure or promise
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conceits
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thought; opinions; fanciful ideas (also relates to elaborate metaphor)
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