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22 Cards in this Set
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Avarice
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excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain
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Duplicity
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contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action
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Impregnable
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incapable of being taken by assault: unconquerable
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Vapid
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lacking liveliness, briskness, or force
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Soliloquy
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a dramtic monologue that gives the illusion of being a series of unspoken reflections
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Arcane
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known or knowable only to the initiate: mysterious, obscure
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Circumspect
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careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences
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Ephemeral
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lasting a very short time
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Foreboding
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an omen, prediction, or presentiment especially of coming evil
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Laconic
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using a minimum of words: concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
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Precarious
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characterized by a lack of security or stability that threatens with danger
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Transgress
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to go beyond a boundary or a limit: violate
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Ubiquitous
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existing or being everyhere at the same time: constantly encountered
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Vie
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to strive for superiority: to compete
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Wanton
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lewd, bawdy; merciless, inhumane; having no just provocation
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Disparage
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to lower in rank or reputation; to speaek slightingly about
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Incorrigible
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nor reformable: depraved; not manageable: unruly
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Negligible
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so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention
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Profligate
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completely given up to dissipation and licentiousness
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Ruminate
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to go over in the mind repeatedly and often slowly
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Sycophant
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a servile self-seeking flatterer: parasite
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Zealot
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a fanatical partisan; one with an eager and ardent interest in the pursuit of something
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