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25 Cards in this Set
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Pragmatic
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pertaning to a practical view point
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Ominous
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treatening, evil, or harmful
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Scrupulous
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precise, or exact
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Subtlety
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delicacy or nicety of character or meaning
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Surreptitious
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acting in a steathy way
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Venerate
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to regard or treat with reverence
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unobtrusive
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unassertive
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provincial
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belonging to a peculiar province
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prudent
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careful in providing for the future
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submissive
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unresistingly or humbly obedient
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terse
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concise
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repudiate
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cast off or disown
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skeptic
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a person who maintains a doubting attitude
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rebuttal
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as in debate
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miserly
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stingy
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trepidation
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alarm, fear, agitaion
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prodigal
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wastefull or reckless
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inconsequential
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of little or no importance
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resolve
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come to a decision about something
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rudimentary
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primative
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irreverence
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lack of respect
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sustain
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bear a burden, charge
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insolvent
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pertaining to bankrupt persons
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virulent
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actively poisonous
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profusion
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a great quantity
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