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36 Cards in this Set
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Prodigal |
Extravagent; wasteful |
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Prosperity |
State of being financially succesful |
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Prodigious |
Extraordinary is size or amount |
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Surfeit |
An excessive amount; overindulgence of eating an drinking |
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Voluminous |
To fill many volumes |
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Replete |
Abundantly supplied or filled |
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Substantial |
Considerable in quantity, important |
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Rife |
Abundant |
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Massive |
Bulky;heavy;large |
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Parsimonious |
Stingy;frugal |
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Closefisted |
Fisted |
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Miser |
One who hoards wealth |
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Thrifty |
Practicing economy |
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Insolvent |
Unable to pay debts; bankrupt |
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Paucity |
An insufficient amount |
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Threadbare |
Worn out |
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Meager |
Deficient in quality or quantity |
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Scarcity |
Insufficient supply |
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Supercilious |
Thinking a lot of one's self and little of others |
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Presumptuous |
Overstepping the bounds of propriety or courtesy |
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Pretentious |
Characterized by the assumption of dignity and importance |
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Pompous |
Showy parade of importance |
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Superfluous |
Extra |
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Extraneous |
Not essential |
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Trivial |
Unimportant |
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Relevent |
Related |
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Censure |
Harsh criticism |
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Upbraid |
To find fault with |
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Negate |
To deny the truth of |
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Rebuff |
To refuse sharply |
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Reproof |
To disapprove of |
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Repudiate |
To reject with strong dissaproval |
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Scorn |
Extreme dislike involving anger and disgust |
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Refute |
To disprove |
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Spurn |
To reject strongly |
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Denounce |
To criticize publicly |