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20 Cards in this Set
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affable
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courteous and pleasable, sociable
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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, without definite form; without organization or unity
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aura
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atmosphere; a distinctive air or personal quality
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contraband
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illegal, smuggled goods, prohibited
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erudite
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scholarly, learned, bookish, educated, well-read
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gossamer
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thin, light, delicate, insubstancial
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infer
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to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought
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inscrutable
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incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically
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insular
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relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; 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 towards
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querulous
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peevish, complaining, fretful
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remonstrate
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to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to
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repudiate
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to disown, reject, or deny the validity of
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resilient
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able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly
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reverberate
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to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly
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scurrilous
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coarsely abusive, vulgar or low, foul-mouthed
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sedulous
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persistant, showing dtermination
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sleazy
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thin or flimsy; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character
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