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39 Cards in this Set
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aberration |
a state or condition markedly different from the norm |
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abhor |
to find repugnant |
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acquiesce |
to agree or express agreement |
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alacrity |
livliness and eagerness |
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amiable |
full of warmth and friendliness |
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appease |
to make peace with |
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arcane |
requiring secret or mysterious knowledge |
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avarice |
insatiable desire for riches |
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brazen |
unstrained by convention or propriety |
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brusque |
marked by rude or pemeratory shortness |
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cajole |
influence or urge by gentle urging |
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callous |
an intensive cruel disregaurd for others |
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`candor |
the quality of being honest and strait forward |
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chide |
critisize deverly or angrily |
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circumspect |
attentive to poetenciel concequences |
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clandestine |
conducted with hiden aims or methids |
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coerce |
to cause through pessure or nessesity |
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coherent |
marked by an orderly realation of parts |
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complacency |
the feeling you have when you are satisfied with youself |
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confidant |
someone to whom private matters are told |
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comulative |
including everything that has been done |
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debase |
to make impure |
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decry |
to express strong disaproval of |
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deferential |
showing corteous regard for others feelings |
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demure |
affectedly shy escepcilly in a provocing way |
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deride |
to treat or speak of with contempt |
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despot |
a cruel oppressive dictator |
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dilligent |
quietly and steadily persevering in detail or exactness |
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elated |
exutantly proud and joyfull |
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eloquent |
expressing yourself ready |
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embezzle |
take dishonestly for |
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empathy |
understanding onothers feelings |
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enmity |
a very deep unfriendy feeling |
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erudite |
showing proudfull knowledge |
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extol |
priase or honnor |
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fabricate |
put together |
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feral |
wild and menacing |
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flabbergasted |
dumbstruck |
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for sake |
leaving someone who needs help |