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27 Cards in this Set
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Ascetic |
A person who practices rigid self-denial, especially as an act of religious devotion |
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Avarice |
Greed, especially for wealth |
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Axoim |
A universally recognised principle |
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Chary |
Wary, cautious, sparing |
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Cogent |
Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason |
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Contrite |
Regretful, penitent, seeking forgiveness |
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Demur |
To question or oppose |
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Ebullience |
The quality of lively or enthusiastic expression |
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Emollient |
Soothing, especially to the skin, making less harsh |
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Furtive |
Marked by stealth, covert, surreptitious |
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Harangue |
To deliver a forceful or angry speech, ranting |
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Impecunious |
Lacking funds, without money |
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Incipient |
Beginning to come into being |
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Intransigent |
Refusing to compromise |
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Inveigle |
To obtain by deception or flattery |
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Odious |
Evoking intense aversion or dislike |
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Penurious |
Penny-pinching, excessively thrifty, ungenerous |
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Pernicious |
Extremely harmful in a way not easily seen or noticed |
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Preen |
To dress up, primp, groom oneself with elaborate care |
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Prodigious |
Extraordinary Or Abundant in size, force or volume |
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Putrefy |
To rot, decay, give off a fowl odour |
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Quaff |
To drink deeply |
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Quiescence |
Stillness, motionless, quality of being at rest |
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Redoubtable |
Awe-inspiring, worthy of honour |
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Squalid |
Sordid, wretched and dirty from neglect |
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Torpid |
Lethargic, sluggish, dormant |
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Urbane |
Sophisticated, refined, elegant |
