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36 Cards in this Set
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Feign
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(v) to pretend
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Prig
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(n) person that is arrogant and know it all
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epigram
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(n) poem or witty saying
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supercilious
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(adj) coolly and patronizingly haughty
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Fractious
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(adj) unruliness
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wan
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(adj) dim or faint
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Claret
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(n) a red wine (adj) a deep red color |
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extemporize
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(v) to improvise
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peremptory
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(adj) expressive of urgency
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libel
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written slander(n)
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wag
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a wit or joker (n)
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sumptuous
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(adj) suggesting great expense, lavish
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pastoral
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(adj) relating to the countryside
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rakish
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(adj) having a trim or streamlined appearance fashionable in a careless way; jaunty |
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Proprietary
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(adj) having the legal rights to something, owning something
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Hauteur
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(n) arrogance, haughtiness
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harlequin
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(adj) having a pattern of brightly colored diamond shapes
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erroneous
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(adj) marked by error
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prodigality
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(n) extreme abundance, extravagant wastefulness
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staid
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(adj) serious, sober, grave
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Impetuous
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(adj) acting by impulse
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florid
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(adj) flowery in style ornate tinged with red |
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convivial
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(adj) relating to feasting, drinking and good company
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tumultuous
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(adj) marked by violent chaos or upheavel |
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Subterfuge |
(n) a deception in order to escape or distract
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punctilious
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(adj) marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes, rules
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postern
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(n) a back door or gate side entrance |
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meretricious
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(adj) falsely attractive
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genial
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(adj) marked by friendliness |
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Dilatory
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(adj) tending to be late
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append (v)
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to attach as a supplement
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libertine
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(n) a free thinker person who is unrestrained by convention or morality |
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rancor
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(n) bitter hatred ill will
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magnanimous
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(adj) excessively generous
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expostulation
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(n) to reason earnestly in an effort to dissuade or correct
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Grail
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(n) cup from medieval times the object of a difficult/ extended quest. |
