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32 Cards in this Set
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belligerent
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quarrelsome or warlike,
engaged in warfare |
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bellicose
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hostile or warlike
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pugnacious
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likes to fight or quarrel
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martial
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military or warlike
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polemic
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argumentative or contraversial
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morose
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gloomy, sour
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sullen
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silently gloomy, resentful or dismal
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surly
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brusque, bitter, ill-humored
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churlish
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surly in a boorish, uncouth country manner
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splenetic
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spiteful and peevish
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acrimonious
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caustic, bitter, sharp, w/ a strong hint of jealosy
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acrid
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sharp, acid, stinging in taste, odor, or speech
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nefarious
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very wicked or evil
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atrocious
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grimly evil or horribly wicked
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reprehensible
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illegal, unethical
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pernicious
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highly injurious, deadly
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insidious
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treacherously or stealthily injurious
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baneful
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harmful like a poison
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pestilent
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harmful like a plague or desease
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noxious
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harmul b/c it is poisonous
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deleterious
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harmful w/ a deteriorating effect
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venial
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pardonable, excusable
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venomous
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poisonous, spiteful
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depravity
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moral corruptness, debasement
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immorality
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depravity, especially sexual
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turpitude
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shameful basement
vileness |
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gluttony
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indulgence to excess, especially in eating
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heresy
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belief(s) differing from accepted view
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hypocricy
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pretense of being what one is not, sham
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insincerity
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milder and much more venial than hypocrisy
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perversity
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willfulness in nonconformity or wrongdoing, obstinacy
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fractious
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unruly, rebellious, or irritable
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