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40 Cards in this Set
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affable
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easy and pleasant to speack to; approchable
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ascetic
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a person who renouses material object and leads a life of selfdisipline
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confabulate
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to talk casually; chat
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convivial
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sociable, festive, jovial
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asperity
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roughness in manner or temper
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listless
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lacking energy or enthusiasm; lethargic
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pestilence
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a usually fatal epidemic disease; plague
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demur
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to voice opposition; object
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feign
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to give a false appearance of
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malady
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a disease, disorder, or ailment
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draconian
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creul and severe code of laws
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slovenly
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untidy in dress
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procure
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to get or obtain
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debauchery
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extreme indulgence in sensual pleasures
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extemporaneous
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done, spoken, or written w/o prep; impromptu
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expostulate
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to argue in a protesting manner
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largesse
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liberal giving of gifts; genorocity
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redolent
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having or emmitting fragerance; aromatic
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fetid
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habing an offensive odor; reek
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perfunctory
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done routinely and with little interest or care
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asseverate
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to declare seriously or positively; affirm
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dire
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have dreadful or terrible consequences
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eminence
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a position of high rank
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ebullient
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zestfully enthusiastic; boiling and agitated (water or emotion)
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curt
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rudely brief or abrupt, as in speech or manner
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suppurate
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to discharge pus
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haughty
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scornfully proud; supercilious
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plaintive
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expressing sorrow, mournfulness, or melancholy
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commodious
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spacious roomy
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supplicate
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to ask for humbly or earnestly, as by praying
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desultory
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haphazard; random
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discursive
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covering a wide field of subjects; rambling
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timouous
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fearfull; lack of courage
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immolate
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to kill or destroy by fire
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vial
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loathsome; discusting
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lethargy
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a state of sluggishness, inactivity, and apathy; languid; torpor
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pecuniary
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of or relating to money
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facetious
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plaful; jocular; humorous
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obviate
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to anticipate and dispose of effictively; to render unnecessary
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inguinal
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of or having to do with the groin
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