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15 Cards in this Set
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acidulous
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somewhat acid or sour, displeased
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avaricious
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excessively greedy, scrooge
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baleful
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deadly, sinister, evil
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bellicose
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warlike, of a quarrelsome nature, jingoist
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bilious
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bad tempered, bitter
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bumptious
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arrogant, disagreeably conceited, ass |
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captious
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critical, quick to find fault, quibbling
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churlish
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rude, surly, comes from the noun churl the old word for peasant
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complaisant
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willing to please, tending to consent do others wishes, nice
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contrite
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guilty, crushed in spirit by a feeling of guilt
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convival
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festive, sociable
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craven
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cowardly, a coward
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debonair |
james bond , courteous, gracious and having a sophisticated charm, suave, smooth
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dyspeptic
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groucy, gloomy, a person who suffers from dyspepsia or indigestion, sick
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lachrymose
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sad, mournful, inclined to shed many tears
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