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24 Cards in this Set
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conciliatory
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tending to placate or gain good will
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insidious
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secretly dangerous tending to entrap
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stringent
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severe strict, compelling
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meticulous
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showing careful attention to detail, very precise
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fastidious
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hard to please, too critical or sensitive, squeamish, delicate to a fault
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vacuous
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empty of meaning or interest, without substance, without purpose
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soporific
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sleepy, causing sleep
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vicarious
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experienced secondhand through imagining another person's experience
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ubiquitous
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existing everywhere
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turgid
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swollen, bloated
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capricious
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changing suddenly, willfully erratic
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incorrigible
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beyond reform, not able able to correct
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dexterous
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having maual skill or ease, expert in performing some physical skill
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parsimonious
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stingy, miserly, too unwilling to spend money
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obstreperous
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noisy, boisterous, especially in opposition to something
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amenable
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agreeable, open to suggestion
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credulous
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inclined to believe on slight evidence
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gregarious
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fond of company, sociable
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imperturbable
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not easily excited or disturbed
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lethargic
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unusually tired, drowsy, abnormally sluggish
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truculent
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ferocious, savage, harsh
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recalcitrant
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stubborn, refusing to obey uncooperative
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formidable
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causing fear or awe
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supercilious
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proud, haughty, believing oneself to be superior
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