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50 Cards in this Set
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unorthodox
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Breaking with convention or tradition.
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flog
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To beat with a whip, stick, etc., especially as punishment; whip; scourge
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polysyllabic
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consisting of several, esp. four or more, syllables, as a word
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saboteur
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someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
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repudiate
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to reject as having no authority or binding force
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discountenanced
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to disconcert, embarrass, or abash; to show disapproval of
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gamboling
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to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolick
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annihilate
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to destroy the collective existence or main body of; wipe out
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shrewish
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having the disposition or temperament of an ill-tempered, nagging person
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orifice
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an opening or aperture, as of a tube or pipe; a mouthlike opening or hole; mouth; vent
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multifarious
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having many parts, elements, or forms
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venerate
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to regard or treat with reverance; revere
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heretic
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anyone who doesn't conform to an established attitude, doctrine, or principle
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catapult
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an ancient military engine for hurling stones and arrows
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proliferate
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to grow or produce by multiplication of parts, as in budding or cell division, or by procreation
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debauchery
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excessive indelgunce in sensual pleasures; intemperance
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promiscuity
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the state of being promiscuous or indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual relations
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aquiline
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(of the nose) shaped like an eagle's beak; hooked
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posterity
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succrrding future generations collectively
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stratum
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one of a number of portions or divisions likened to layers or levels
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sordid
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morally ignoble or base; vile
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officiousness
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objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome
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unprocurable
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not capable of being obtained, almost inaccessible
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niggling
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petty; trivial; inconsequential
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commodity
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an article of trade or commerce, esp, a product as distinguished from a service
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effigies
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a crude figure or dummy representing a hated person or group
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mutability
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given to changing; constantly changing; fickle or inconstant
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malignant
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disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred
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dapple
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a spot or mottled marking, usually occuring in clusters
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queue
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a file or line, esp. of people waiting their turn
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pathos
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the quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature, music, speech, or other forms of expression, of evoking a feeling of pity or compassion
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remonstrance
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to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval
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prole
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a proletarian; a worker; belonging to the lowest or poorest class of the people
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wainscotting
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wood, esp. oah and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls
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voluptuous
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directed toward or concerned with sensuous enjoyment or sensuous pleasure
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ruminant
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contemplative; meditative
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infallible
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absolutely trustworthy or sure
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dilapidated
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to cause or allow (a buliding, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect
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fecundity
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fruitfulness or fertility; as of the earth; the capacity of abundant production
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spurious
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not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit
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preponderance
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the fact or quality of being superior in wight, powers, numbers
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oligarchical
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describing a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few
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dissipate
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to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel
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timorously
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full of fear; fearful
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truncheon
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the club carried by a police officer; billy; a staff representing an office or authority; baton
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embezzlement
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to appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as money or property entrusted to one's care
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inquisitor
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a questioner, especially an unduly curious or harsh one; a person who investigates in an official capacity
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degredation
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the act of causing another person to feel humiliation, disgrace, dishonor, or debasement
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taut
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tightly drawn; tense; not slack
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interpose
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to place between; cause to intervene
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