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25 Cards in this Set
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alacrity
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eager and enthusiastic willingness
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obviate
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to anticipate and make unnecessary
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onerous
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troubling
burdensome |
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truculent
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fiere and cruel
eager to fight |
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voracious
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having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit
ravenous |
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vexation
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annoyance
irritation |
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disparage
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to slight or belittle
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dilettante
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one with an amaturish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge
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derision
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scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment
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profligate
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excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant
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tacit
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implied; not explicitly stated
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trenchant
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keen; sharply perceptive; penetrating
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inimical
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damaging; harmful; injurious
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presumptuous
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overstepping due bounds(as of propriety or courtesy)
taking liberties |
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antipathy
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aversion
dislike |
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obdurate
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unyielding; hardhearted; intractable
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prevaricate
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to deliberately aviod the truth
to mislead |
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enervate
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to weaken
to reduce in vitality |
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ingenuous
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naive;guileless; trusting; credulous
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propriety
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appropriateness
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assauge
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to make less severe; ease; relieve
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deride
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to mock; ridicule; make fun of
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laconic
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using few words; terse
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laudable
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deserving of praise
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pendant
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one who pays undue attention to book, learning and rules; one who displays learning ostentatiously
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