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24 Cards in this Set
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brusque |
describing a rudely abrupt manner |
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cantankerous |
grumpy; disagreeable |
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caustic |
bitingly sarcastic or witty; corrosive |
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contemptuous |
feeling hatred; scornful; despising |
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feral |
savage; fierce; untamed |
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fractious |
quarrelsome; unruly |
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incorrigible |
incapable of reform |
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ingrate |
an ungrateful person |
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insolent |
insulting in manner or speech; rude |
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malevolent |
having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; hateful' evil |
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notorious |
known widely and unfavorably; infamous |
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obdurate |
stubborn; inflexible; stubbornly persisting in wrongdoing |
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repugnant |
causing disgust or hatred |
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unpalatable |
not pleasing to the taste |
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parsimonious |
frugal to the point of stinginess |
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itinerant |
traveling from place to place |
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remote |
located far away; secluded |
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transitory |
short-lived or temporary |
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unfettered |
free from restrictions or bonds |
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harbinger |
one that indicates what is t come; a forerunner |
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ominous |
menacing; threatening |
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portend |
to serve as an omen or a warning of |
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prophetic |
foretelling or predicting future events |
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impromptu |
not planned in advance, spur of the moment |