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21 Cards in this Set
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congenial
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agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character: congenial surroundings.
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antimony
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a brittle, lustrous, white metallic element occurring in nature free or combined, used chiefly in alloys and in compounds in medicine.
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contumacious
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stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient.
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amiable
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having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable: an amiable disposition.
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plebeian
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belonging or pertaining to the common people.
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onerous
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burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship: onerous duties.
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escarpments
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a long, precipitous, clifflike ridge of land, rock, or the like, commonly formed by faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust.
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anomaly
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a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form.
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visage
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the face, usually with reference to shape, features, expression, etc.; countenance.
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convivial
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friendly; agreeable: a convivial atmosphere.
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mien
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air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.: a man of noble mien.
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egress
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the act or an instance of going, esp. from an enclosed place.
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saline
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of, containing, or resembling common table salt; salty or saltlike: a saline solution.
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bourgeois
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a member of the middle class.
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itinerant
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traveling from place to place, esp. on a circuit, as a minister, judge, or sales representative; itinerating; journeying.
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fatuous
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foolish or inane, esp. in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly.
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indolently
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having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful: an indolent person.
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sere
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dry; withered.
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lumpen
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of or pertaining to disfranchised and uprooted individuals or groups, esp. those who have lost status: the lumpen bourgeoisie.
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primordial
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constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary: primordial forms of life.
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sedentary
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characterized by or requiring a sitting posture: a sedentary occupation.
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