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34 Cards in this Set
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megalomania
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abnormal desire for wealth or power
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profligate
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wasteful
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strife
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revolution
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legion
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a large number
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coup
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discord, agreement
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amnesty
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an official order, a decree
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expatriate
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an exile
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exonerate
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to free from guilt
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mendacious
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lying, untrue
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parsimonious
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miserly
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pecuniary
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financial
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sumptuous
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lavish
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underwrite
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agree to finance
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balk
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to refuse to have
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nostalgia
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yearning for the past
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rife
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widespread
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reviled
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scolded
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derogatory
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belittling
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nebulous
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unclear, vague
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pesky
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annoying
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redolent
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fragrant
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repose
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state of rest
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disparate
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different
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abstemious
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moderate in eating or drinking
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extant
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still existing
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vicissitudes
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difficulties
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edifice
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a building
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sultry
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extremely hot and moist, torrid
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trenchant
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keen, incisive
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puissant
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powerful
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unabated
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without subsiding
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maudlin
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very sad
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levity
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lightness of disposition
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lugubrious
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sentimental
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