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50 Cards in this Set
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Rectitude
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moral righteousness
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Remiss
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lax in attending duty; negligent
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Repudiate
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To reject the vandality or authority of
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Sanctimonious
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feigning pity or righteousness
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Scrupulous
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Principles, stong sense of right from wrong
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Solicitous
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concerned
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Substantiate
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to support with proof or evidence; to verify
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Veracity
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truthfulness
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Vindicate
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to free from blame
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Chicanery
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trickery
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Obsequious
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fawning, servile
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Sycophant
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insincere
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Altruism
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unselfish concern for the welfare of others
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Eminent
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distinguished
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Empathetic
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identifying with and understanding one's situation, feelings, motive
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extol
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to praise highly
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Laudatory
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full of praise
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Magnanimous
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generously noble in mind or heart
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Philanthropic
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benevolent
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Reciprocate
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to mutually take or give; to respond in kind
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defunct
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no longer existing or functioning
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Eradicate
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abolish; to get rid of but tearing up roots
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Quell
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suppress; to put down forcibly
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Raze
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demolish; to level to the ground
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squelch
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squash; to crush as if by trampling by
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Supplant
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to usurp the place of , especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics
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Stymie
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to stump
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Abase
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to lower in rank ,esteem
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deride
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to mock comtemptuously
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derogatory
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insulting
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disparage
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to belittle
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effrontery
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brazen boldness
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ignominy
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great personal dishonor or humiliation; disgraceful conduct
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Impugn
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to attack as false or questionable
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Mar
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to damage, especially in a disfiguring way
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Pejorative
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belittle, insulting
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Vex
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to annoy or bother
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Vindictive
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disposed to seek revenge
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Partisan
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devoted to or biased in support of a party group or cause
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indict
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to offically charge with wrong doing
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parity
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equality
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contiguous
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Sharing an edge or a boundry
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Relinquish
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to retire from; to give up or abandon
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Vituperative
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marked by harshly abusive condemnation
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gaffe
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a clumsy social error
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arcane
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know or understood by a few
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potentate
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one who has the power or position to rule over others; monarch
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reclusive
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seeking or perfering seclusion or isolation
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Renounce
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to give up by formal announcement
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Denounce
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to condemn openly
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