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30 Cards in this Set
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jaded
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wearied, especially by too much of a good life
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jingoism
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extreme patriotism
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jocund
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merry; jolly
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ken
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range of knowledge
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kleptomaniac
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compulsive stealer
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knave
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clever bad guy
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latent
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potential but not yet displayed
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laconic
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not saying much; brief; terse; concise; succint
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lambaste
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to thrash, maul, beat, whip, or bludgeon with big things and other fun stuff; to scold sharply or rebuke
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magnanimous
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noble; generous; forgiving; magnificently kind
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malediction
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a spoken curse
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malevolent
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wishing evil on others; malicious
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nadir
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absolutely lowest point
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nefarious
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evil
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neophyte
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beginner
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obsequious
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fawning; too easily compliant
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obtrude
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to force oneself or one's ideas on others; to extrude; to stick out
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obtuse
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stupid, thick-headed
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palpable
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capable of being touched or felt; tangible
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pensive
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engaged in deep, often sad, thought
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penury
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poverty; destitution
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quandary
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state of uncertainty; dilemma
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quixotic
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having the same foolish, impractical, romantic idealism as Don Quixote
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quorum
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minimum number of people that have to be at a meeting in order for the meeting to be official
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rampant
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unrestrained
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rapacious
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plundering; ravenous; greedy
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recapitulate
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to repeat, or state again, in a form that is more laconic and much briefer than the manner in which it was initially stated
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saga
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long adventure story
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sedition
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conduct or language inciting rebellion against authority
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sequester
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to separate, set apart, isolate
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