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20 Cards in this Set
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Alacrity
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cheerfulness willingness
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Avarice
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greed for riches
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Brusque
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Somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech.
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Complacency
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a feeling of quiet pleasure, unaware of danger
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Debase
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To lower in character or virtue
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Decry
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to criticize openly
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Demure
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shyness or modesty
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Enmity
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Feeling of hatred
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Extol
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to praise highly
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Feral
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In a natural state- wild
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Indolent
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lazy; Habitually inactive or idle
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Infamy
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bad reputation
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Insular
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Pertaining to an island
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Lurid
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gruesome, revolting
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Modicum
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moderate or small amount
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Myriad
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a large indefinate number
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Nadir
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Heavenly spot/ point of dispair
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Nuance
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a slight degree of difference in anything
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Obsequious
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severely compliant or attentive
(Showing a servile readiness to fall in with the wishes or will of another) |
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penchant
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strong taste or liking for something
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