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42 Cards in this Set
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Cynical |
Thinking a person’s motives are bad or selfish
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Resolution |
Showing determination |
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Comrades |
Companies who share common activities |
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Dissentients |
People who disagree |
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Enmity |
Hostility between enemies |
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Tyrannise |
To rule by force |
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Pre-eminent |
Excelling others |
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Vivacious |
Lively; spirited |
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Apathy |
Lack of interest |
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Disciple |
A person who follows the teachings of another |
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Maltreat |
Treat badly |
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Parasitical |
Living off others |
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Cryptic |
Puzzling |
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Adjoin |
To be next to |
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Tractable |
Easy to manage; docile e |
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Ignominious |
Bringing disgrace or shame |
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Impromptu |
Without rehearsal |
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Pretext |
A reason put forth to conceal one's true reason |
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Blithe |
happy and care free |
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Canvass |
To visit in order to ask for votes, opinions |
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Restive |
Restless and impatient |
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Sordid |
Dirty |
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Tactics |
Means of accomplishing a goal |
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Arable |
Suitable for growing crops |
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Intermediary |
A mediator, a go-between |
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Compensate |
To pay |
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Malignity |
A harmful, unpleasant thing |
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Pervading |
Spreading |
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Cowered |
Shrank back in fear |
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Retribution |
A deserved punishment |
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Retinue |
Attendants with an important person |
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Machinations |
Clever schemes |
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Contemptible |
Deserving to be hated |
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Oration |
Speech |
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Interment |
Burial |
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Inebriates |
Drunks |
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Superannuated |
To discard as too old for use |
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Taciturn: (adj) quiet; saying very little |
Quiet; saying very little |
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Proprietors |
Owners of a business |
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Morose |
Gloomy and sad |
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Satire |
Use of humor, irrony, exaggeration, |
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Allegory |
A story or poem or a picture that can be interrperted to reveal a hidden meaning |
