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91 Cards in this Set
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parsimonious
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cheap
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surreptitious
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secret, sneaky, unauthorized
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laconic
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concise, sparing of words
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obliterated
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to erase/destroy/make unrecognizable
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purview
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extent of respect or authority
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solmnolent
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sleepy
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trenchant
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sharp witted, clear cut, distinct
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whimsical
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fanciful, oddly imaginative
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burgeoned
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to blossom
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imbroglio
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an argument
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lachrymose
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tearful
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pernicious
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deadly
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bilious
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bad tempered, sickly colored
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indemnified
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to pay for loss or injury
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circumlonution
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many words when few will do
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insouciant
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carefree
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anathema
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person/thing intensly disliked
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indomitable
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not to be conqured/dominated, umbeatable
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penury
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extreme poverty
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internecine
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internally destructive as in a group, deadly
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propitious
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favorable
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obsequious
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serve others
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callow
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inexperienced, imature
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sagacious
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wise
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staid
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serious
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assiduous
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extremly attentive
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sophistry
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deceptive argument
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svelte
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slim, slender, smooth, sleek
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truncated
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shortened, cut
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trepidation
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fear
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expurgated
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to censor
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martinet
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strict dictator
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salubrious
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beneficial
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droll
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oddly amusing
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stentorian
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loud voice
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lascivious
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sexual desire
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penultimate
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next to last
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traduced
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to discrase
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blithe
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cheerful
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inveterate
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firmly established
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protract
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to prolong
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compunction
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remorse
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dilatory
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cause delay, be slow
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esoteric
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difficult to understand
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impugn
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to doubt
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invidious
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hurtful, damaging
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bowdlerize
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censorship
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inchoate
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just begun, not fully
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limpid
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clear, transparent
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venial
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to forgive someone
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disconsolate
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unhappy, depressed
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prodigal
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wasteful
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mendacious
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flaw or shortcoming
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perspicacity
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having keen judgment
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ascetic
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anyone who lives with self discpline or abstince
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putative
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to set in order
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benighted
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caught or surounded by darkness
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celerity
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swift in acting or moving
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tenet
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a principal/doctrine
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ignoble
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not worthy of honor
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paean
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hymnof joy/praise
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proletarian
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among the lowest class
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scurrilious
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vulger, obscent
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effrontery
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brash, boldness
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flaunts
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show off
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subsume
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to include withen a larger class
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untenable
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can not be defended
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convivial
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having to do with a feast of festival
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encomium
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expression of high praise
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nonpareil
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someone or something un-equal
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credence
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belif
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meretricious
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painfuly atractive
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coterie
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small group with a common interest
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impervious
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not permiting passage
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expedient
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useful but not correct
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credence
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belif
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meretricious
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painfuly atractive
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coterie
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small group with a common interest
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impervious
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not permiting passage
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expedient
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useful but not correct
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grandiloguent
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marked by flowy ornate style
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predilection
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prejudice
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fortitude
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courage, guts
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uxorious
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the perfect man
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xyster
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tool for scraping bones
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obsequious
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willing to sereve others
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languished
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to loose srtength
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apple
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red
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pear
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green
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watermelon
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red and grees
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dog
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animal
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