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20 Cards in this Set
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audacious
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adj. daring, fearless
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contumacy
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n. a stubborn rebelliousness
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dour
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adj. marked by harness, sterness, or ill temper
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éclat
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n. brilliant success
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indefatigable
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adj. tireless
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irresolute
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adj. undecided; wavering
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obdurate
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adj. hardhearted
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obsequious
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adj. excessively eager to serve, obey, or win the favor of another; fawning
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pertinacity
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n. stubbornness
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stoic
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adj. unaffected by feelings
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austere
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adj. severe or stern; somber
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avarice
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n. extreme greed
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florid
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adj. flushed with rosy color
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insatiable
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adj. impossible to satisfy
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inundate
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v. to overwhelm
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myriad
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adj. referring to a large but undetermined number
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parsimony
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n. extreme stinginess
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prodigal
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adj. wastefully extravagant
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replete
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adj. plentiful; abounding
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voluminous
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adj. having great volume, size, or number
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