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30 Cards in this Set
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meretricious
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gaudy, falsely attractive
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wedding gown
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denigrate
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to slur or blacken someone's reputation
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condone
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to pardon or forgive; overlook justify, or excuse a fault
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condom
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chastise
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to punish, scold
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panache
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flamboyance or dash in style and action
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malinger
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to evade responsibility by prentending to be ill
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forbearance
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patience, restraint, leniency
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bear
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eminent
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celebrated, distinguished, outstanding, towering
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mint-no bad breath
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veracity
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accuracy, truth
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spanish - ver
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subterfuge
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trick or tactic used to avoid something
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submarine
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heinous
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shocking, wicked, terrible
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your hinee
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chary
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watchful, cautious, extremely shy
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compunction
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feeling of uneasiness caused by guilt or regret
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pun-prank
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ingenious
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straightforward, open, naive, unsophisticated
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mom
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maverick
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an independent individual who does not go along with the group
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dirk
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malaise
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a feeling of unease or depression
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mayonaise
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hyperbole
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purposeful exaggeration for effort
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foment
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to arouse or incite
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fo sho
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embroil
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to involve in; cause to fall into disorder
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pasta
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demur
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to express doubts or objects
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mermaid
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hypocrite
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one who puts on a false appearance of virtue; one who criticizes a flaw he in fact posesses
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fraught
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full of, accompanied by
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melancholy
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sadness, depression
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frenetic
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frantic, frenzied
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dogmatic
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rigidly fixed in opinion, opinionated
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resilient
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able to recover quickly after illness or bad luck; able to bounce back into shapoe
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panacea
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cure-all
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docile
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tame, willing to be taught
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ardent
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passionate, enthusiatic; fervent
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ingenious
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original, clever, inventive
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