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19 Cards in this Set
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Plaintive
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Expressing sorrow; mournful or melancholy
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Fractious
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Having a peevish nature; cranky
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Factitious
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Lacking authenticity or genuineness; sham
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Peregrinate
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To journey or travel from place to place, especially on foot.
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Inveterate
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- Persisting in an ingrained habit; habitual
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Propinquity
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Proximity; nearness
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Saturnine
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Having or marked by a tendency to be bitter or sardonic
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Skittish
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Restlessly active or nervous; restive
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Trivial
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Of little significance or value
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Abate
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reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; lessen
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Culpable
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deserving condemnation or blame as wrong or harmful
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Desultory
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- Moving or jumping from one thing to another; disconnected
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Divest -
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take away possessions from someone
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Dulcet
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Having a soothing, agreeable quality.
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Emollient
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Softening and soothing, especially to the skin
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Erudite
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having or showing profound knowledge
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Eschew
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- To avoid; shun
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Esurient
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Hungry; greedy
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Euphemistic
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The act or an example of substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive
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