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21 Cards in this Set
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Conjecture
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to arrive at or deduce by conjecture; guess
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Affability
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being pleasant and at ease in talking to others
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Gregarious
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fond of company; sociable
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Salubrious
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favorable to promoting health or well-being
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Assuage
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to lessen the intensity of(something that pains or distresses)
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Lugabrious
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exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful
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Confabulation
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informal talk or discussion
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Harangue
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a ranting speech or writing
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Anathema
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something or someone that one vehemently dislikes
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Traverse
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to go or travel across or over
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Sagacity
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being keen in sense perception
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Meretricious
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tawdrily and falsely attractive
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Supercilious
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coolly patronizingly haughty
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Physiognomy
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facial features held to show qualities of character by their configuration
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Propitious
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favorably disposed
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Impetuous
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marked by impulsive vehemence or passion
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Presentiments
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intuitive feelings about the future
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Augment
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to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense
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Ascetic
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strict self-denial as a measure if personal and personal and especially spiritual discipline
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Eradicated
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done away with completely as if by pulling up by the roots
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Industrious
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constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied.
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