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22 Cards in this Set
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Callous
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unfeeling, insensitive
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Cantankerous
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ill natured, quarrelsome
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Clusters
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persons grouped closely together
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Disperse
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send or drive off in different direction, scatter
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Incompetence
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lack of ability, power, or fitness
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Indignation
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angry at something unjust, unfair or mean
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Inquiry
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act of asking, search for information
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Jubilation
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rejoicing, joyful celebration
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Miserly
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stingy
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Mollified
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softened in temper, calmed
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Muster
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gather together, assemble, enlist
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Nostalgia
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painful yearning for something you once had or knew
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Pious
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having or showing reverence for God
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Potent
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powerful
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Prudent
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planning carefully ahead of time, good management
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Rancor
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bitter resentment, ill-will
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Ravenously
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very hungrily
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Shavers
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youngsters, small boys
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Soothsayers
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people who claim to foretell the future
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Subtle
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not definite or precisely expressed
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Trifle
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thing having little value or importance
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Vague
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difficult to understand or distinguish
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