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20 Cards in this Set
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Affable
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Courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to
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Aggrandize
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to increase in greatness, power, or welath,
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Amorphous
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shapeless, without definite form
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auro
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that which surrounds, distinctice air or personality quality
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Contraband
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illegal traffic
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Erudite
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scholary, educated, learned
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Gossamer
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thin, light, delicate, insubstantial
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infer
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to find out by reasoning
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inscrutable
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incable of being understodd
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insular
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relating to, characteristics of
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irrevocable
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incapable of being changed or called back
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propensity
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a natural inclination or predilection toward
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querulous
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peevish, complaining, fretfull
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remonstrate
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to argue or plead with someone against something, protest
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repudiate
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to disown, reject, or deny validity of
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resilient
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able to return to an original shape or form, revcover quickly
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reverberate
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to re-echo, resound
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scurrilous
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coarsely abusive, vulgar or low, foul mouthed
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sedulous
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persistent showing industry and determination
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sleazy
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thin or flimsy in texture, cheap
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