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22 Cards in this Set
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jejune
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lacking in nutritive value, lacking in interest or substance
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credulous
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gullable
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infirmity
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a weakness
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berate
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to scold sharply
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expatiate
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to expand on
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deplete
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to use up as a result of spending or consumption
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extraneous
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coming from the outside, foreign
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inception
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the begining, start
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criterion
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a rule, test, standard for evaluation
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amenable
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willing to follow advice or authority
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carnage
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lare scale slaughter or loss of live
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tortuous
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winding, twisting
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sententious
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self righteous, characterized by moralizing
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obdurate
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stubborn, unyielding
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potpourri
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a collection of diverse or miscellaneous items, mixture
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precocious
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showing unusually early development
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providential
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characterized by good fortune
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ostensible
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apparent, appearing to be true
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surfeit
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and excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking
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sadistic
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delighting in cruelty
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turgid
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swollen, bloated, filled to excess, excessive in language
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supplicate
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to beg earnestly and humbly
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