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49 Cards in this Set
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affable
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courteous and pleasant
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aggrandize
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to increase in greatness, power, or wealth
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amorphous
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shapeless
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aura
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that which surrounds
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contraband
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illegal traffic, smuggles goods
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erudite
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scholary, learned, bookish
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gossamer
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thin, light delicate. light cloth
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infer
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to find out by reasoning
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inscrutable
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incapable of being understood
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insular
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realting to, narrow minded
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irrevocable
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incapable of being changed or called back
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propensity
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a natural inclination or predilection
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querulous
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peevish, complaining
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remonstrate
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to argue or plead with someone against something
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repudiate
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to disown, reject
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resilient
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able to return to an original shape
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axiomatic
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self-evident
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blazon
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to adorn or embellish
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equitable
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fair, just
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filch
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to steal, sneaky way
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flout
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to mock, treat with contempt
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fractious
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tending to be troublesome
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precept
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a rule of conduct or action
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salutary
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beneficial, helpful
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scathing
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bitterly severe
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scourge
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to whip, punish severely
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sepulchral
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typical of the tomb
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sophorific
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tending to cause sleep
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straitlaced
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extremely strict
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vapid
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dull, uninteresting, tiresome
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anomalous
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abnormal
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aspersion
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a damaging or derogaroty statement
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brusque
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abrupt, blunt
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cajole
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to coax, use flattery
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castigate
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to punish severely
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contrive
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to plan with ingenuity, invent
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demagogue
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a leader who exploits prejudices
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disabuse
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to free from deception or error
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ennui
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weariness and dissatisfaction
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fetter
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a chain or shackle
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heinous
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very wicked hateful
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immutable
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not subject to change
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insurgent
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one who rebels or rises against authority
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megalomania
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a delusion marked by a feeling of power
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sinecure
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a position requiring little or no work
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surreptitious
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stealthily, secret
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transgress
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to go beyond a limit or boundary
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transmute
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to change from one nature, substance, or form to another
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vicarious
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performed, suffered
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