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59 Cards in this Set
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churlish
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vulgar; difficult
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coalesce
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to come together
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coeval
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coexisting
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commensurate
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matching; corresponding
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contemn
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to scorn; to despise
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contumacious
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insubordinate
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cozen
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to deceive
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curmudgeon
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hates people
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debacle
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complete failure
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defalcate
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to embezzle
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deposition
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testimony
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deprecate
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to put down; belittle
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depredate
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to destroy
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descant
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to comment at length
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descry
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to discriminate or discern
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desuetude
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disuse
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desultory
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random; thoughtles
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detraction
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verbal attack
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diaphonous
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transparent
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diffident
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reserved or shy
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dilatory
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causing delay
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din
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loud sustained noise
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dirge
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songe of grief
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discomfit
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to defeat; to put down
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discursive
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passing from one topic to another
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distrait
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distracted
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doggerel
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trivial
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dross
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waste or foreign matter
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dulcet
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melodious
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edacious
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voracious; devouring
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effulvia
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outflow in stem of particles
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effusive
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excessively demonstrative
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egress
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exit
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encomium
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enthusiastic praise
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endemic
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restricted to a certain region
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epicure
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devoted to sensual pleasure
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episodic
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loosely connected
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epithet
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disparaging word/phrase
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eqaunimity
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compusure; self-possession
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coda
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concluding section of a song/literary piece
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corrigible
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capable of being set right; correctable; reparable
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countenance
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to approve of/tolerate; composure
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craven
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lacking any courage
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daunt
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to cow/dismay
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decorous
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correct/formal
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denigrate
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to blacken; to belittle; to sully; to defame; to disparage
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denouement
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a solution/outcome; unraveling of a plot
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derivative
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unoriginal; obtained from another source
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digress
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to stray from the point; to go off on a tangent
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disaffect
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to alienate the affection of
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dissolution
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disintegration; looseness in morals
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distention
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the state/act of extending/being swollen
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dynamo
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generator; forceful, energetic person
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edifying
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enlightening
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effrontery
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boldness; arrogance
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engender
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to cause; to produce; to give rise to
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enormity
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excessive wickedness
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ephemeral
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fleeting; short-lived
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epitome
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embodiment; exemplar
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