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28 Cards in this Set
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Misanthrope |
Hates human; antisocial |
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Progeny |
Offspring; someone's child |
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Effervescent |
High spirit; lively |
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Dispassionate |
Unemotional; impartial |
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Brusque |
Rude;blunt |
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Nonchalance |
Lack of concern |
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Indefatigable |
Never get tired |
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Stoic |
Unaffected by pain; showing no distess |
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Morose |
Gloomy; ill tempered |
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Coalesce |
Combine; to join;unite |
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Decadence |
Decay |
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Exemplary |
Excellent; praiseworthy |
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Exuberance |
Joy ; high spirited |
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Writhe |
To move in twisting motion; sqirm |
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Incidental |
Secondary |
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Insolvent |
Without money |
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Parsimonious |
Stingy; to thrifty |
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Prodigal |
Extravagant; wasteful and reckless with money |
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Surreptitious |
Done in secret ; stealthy |
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Brevity |
Briefness; shortness of duration |
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Clemency |
Mercy; |
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Frivolous |
Lighthearted; silly |
The clown was frivolous |
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Heist |
Act of stealing; a theft; robbery |
The bank went thru a heist. |
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Lampoon |
To make fun of; to attack thru humorous imitation |
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Querulous |
Not happy; complain; to whine about something |
The child was querulous about doing chores. |
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Reproach |
Blame; a rebruke |
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Respite |
Time off; to rest or relief |
The doctor was exhausted after 24 hrs without a respite |
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Torpor |
Drowsiness;state of mental or physical inactivity |
Adrian was a bit torpor after taking some medicine |
