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17 Cards in this Set
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Imbroglio
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A complicated and embarrassing situation
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Peccadillo
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A slight sin
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Braggadocio
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Empty boasting
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Penury
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Abject poverty
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Megalomania
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Grandiose delusions of one's own importance
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Anomaly
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Something that is irregular or inconsistent
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Panacea
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A cure for all ills
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Fiasco
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A miserable and ridiculous failure
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Rationalize
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To react unconsciously with a worthy motive for a discreditable act
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Idiosyncrasy
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A characteristic peculiarity
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Èlite
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The best or most capable part of any group
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Parvenu
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One who flaunts, somewhat vulgarly, newly attained wealth (used contemptuously)
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Malinger
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To feign sickness to shirk work or duty
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Jingoism
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Favoring a warlike foreign policy
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Intelligentsia
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The intelligent and educated classes
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Chicanery
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Mean, petty, trickery
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Banal
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Commonplace; without sparkle or originality
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