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20 Cards in this Set
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Obscure
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not clearly expressed; difficult to understand.
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Wryly
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dry humor.
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Furtive
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done by stealth; secret; sly.
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Adamant
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inflexible.
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Sordid
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dirty or filthy; foul.
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Apprehension
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fear of what may happen; anxiety; foreboding.
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Impertinence
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disrespectful; improperly bold.
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Squalor
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misery, wretched condition.
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Veneer
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false front/cover to something.
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Recluse
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one who lives in solitude or seclusion.
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Expunge
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to delete or erase.
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Candid
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honest; straightfoward; direct.
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Impudent
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offensively foward; saucy; insolent.
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Discreet
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modest.
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Corroborative
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to strengthen or support; confirm.
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Idicted
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to accuse of wrongdoing.
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Iota
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very small quantity; bit.
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Tacit
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understood with being openly expressed.
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Cynical
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distrusting the motives of others.
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Fatalistic
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belief that all events are determined by fate.
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