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28 Cards in this Set
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Meager
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deficient in quantity or quality
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Scaffold
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An elevated platform.
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Haughty
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disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant
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Ignominious
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discreditable; humiliating
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Retribution
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Something justly deserved; recompense.
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Lurid
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gruesome; horrible; revolting
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Somber
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gloomily dark; shadowy
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Behoove
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be appropriate or necessary
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Intangible
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unable to be touched by the hands.
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Callous
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made hard; hardened.
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Imp
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a little devil or demon
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Fiend
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any evil spirit; demon.
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trepidation
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trembling or quivering movement
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Licentious
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sexually unrestrained; lascivious
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Wily
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crafty; cunning.
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Lechery
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unrestrained sexual desire.
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Daft
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senseless; stupid.
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Ameliorate
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to make or become better
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Dissembling
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to give a misleading appearance to; Feign
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Slovenly
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untidy or unclean in appearance or habits
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Effrontery
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Shamelessly bold
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Agape
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with the mouth wide open, as in wonder, surprise, or eagerness
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Beguile
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mislead; delude.
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Adamant
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utterly unyielding; unbreakable hardness
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Prodigious
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extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force.
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Collusion
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A secret meeting for conspiracy.
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Imperturbable
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incapable of being upset or agitated, calm.
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Ulterior
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intentionally kept concealed
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