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22 Cards in this Set
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Chastise
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to scold severly
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Copious
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in plentiful supply
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Devious
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not straightforward
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Emolument
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Compensation for work (wages, salary)
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Fallacious
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false, deceptive
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Harbinger
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something that foeshadows the future
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Incendiary
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a person who sets fires, a bomb of deliberate burning
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Jocular
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naturally cheerful and playful
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Mercenary
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a person working only for money or reward
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Oracular
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as from the mouth of an oracle
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Potent
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Possessing strength or power
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Quiescent
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resting, quiet
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Rotund
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plumpm chubby
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Sacroscant
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Sacred
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Tacit
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implied, not spoken
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Ubiquitous
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being everywhere at the same time
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Vacillate
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to be indecisive, to waver
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Wanton
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malicious, unjustifiable
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Zealous
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enthusiastically devoted to something
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Animus
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basic spirit, attitude, intention
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benign
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gentle, gracious, kind
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Chicanery
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deceit, trickery
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