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23 Cards in this Set
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rueful
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the feeling of regret and sorrow
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duress
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compulsion by threat
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purloin
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to steal
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irascible
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easily angered
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spurious
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not authentic
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corrugated
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sharped into parrallel grooves and ridges
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ambidextrous
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able to use both hands with equal facility
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corroborate
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to support with other evidence
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acrimonious
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bitter
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tenet
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an opinion or doctrine held as being true
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mollify
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to sooth
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complacent
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eagar to please
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adamant
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stubbornly unyielding
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impertinent
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ill mannered
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stolid
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having little emotion
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vehement
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having full energy
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squalid
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dirty
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furtive
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characterized by stealth
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sordid
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foul,fithy, dirty
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expunge
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to erase or strike out
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temerity
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recklessness
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volution
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able to keep a secret
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glean
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To gather
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