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45 Cards in this Set
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languor
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lack of energy, weakness, weariness; lack of interest or enthusiasm; indifference, quietness or stillness
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succor
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help, assistance, aid, comfort
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refine(d)
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to make pure; free from vulgarity; culttivated, well-bred
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sagacity
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keen, sound judgement; mental shrewdness; cleverness
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audacity
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reckless or rude boldness
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dissimulate
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to conceal, deceive, lie; to disguise or hide
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vehement
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having or showing or caused by stong feeling; violent, forceful
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definitive
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clear; authority that decides or settles a question conclusive
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dismember
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separate or divvide into parts; cut or tear the limbs from
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disarm
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to take weapons away from; to remove anger or suspicioun from; make harmless
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disparage
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to lower the reputation of; discredit; to speak slightingly of; belittle
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placate
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to soothe or satisfy the anger of; appease; mollify; assuage
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implacable
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unable to be appeased; refusing to be reconciled; unyielding
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disdain
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to think unworthy of notice; to look upon or treat as inferior
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inscrutable
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incapable of being understood; not easily known
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emissary
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messenger
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banal
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not new or interesting; commonplace; trite
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celerity
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swiftness, speed,rapidity
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egregious
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remarkaly, extraordinarily BAD
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cordiality
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friendliness
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largess
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generous giving; generous gift
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buffoonery
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clowing; roughhousing
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prevaricate
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to turn aside from the truth in speech or action; lie
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quixotic
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extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary; not practical; resemblin Don Quixote
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stoic
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a person who remains calm and self-conterolled or appears indifferent to pleasure/pain; member of a philosophy that believes virtue is the highest good—one should be free from passion, unmoved by life's happenings
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enmity
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feeling of hatred or hostility
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beleaguer
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to surround with troops, to assail or attack, besiege
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seditious
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that which stirs up rebellion
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domain
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territory under control of one ruler or government; land owned by one perosn; field of thought, action (domain of science, religion, etc.)
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voluble
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tending to talk much; fond of talking
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stolid
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difficult to rouse to action; showing no emotion; seeming dull, impassive
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penitent
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sorry, remorseful; a person who regrets wrong doing
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envelop
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to wrap or vocer, enfold, hide, conceal
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laborious
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requiring much labor; toilsome
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cuckold
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the humiliated husband of a unfaithful wife
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bravado
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false bravery; bluster behavior; pretended courage
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vestments
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clothing or robes
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defer
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postpone, put off until later
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niggardly
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stingy, miserly, tight with money
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choleric
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angry; irritable
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strumpet
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loose woman
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licentious
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morally unrestrianed; characterized by lust
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exploits
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adventures
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mendacious
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given to telling lies; lying; untruthful—a lie; falsehood
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laconic
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using few words, brief in speech; concise, terse
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