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156 Cards in this Set
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Vaccilate
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Waver
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Demeanor
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manner
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Parapharnalia
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mornful
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Facetious
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jocular
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askance
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disapproving
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squalid
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wretched
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pungent
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sharp
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carnage
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slaughter
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impetuous
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impulsive
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astute
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shrewd
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cantankerous
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ill-natured
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gregarious
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outgoing
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magnanimous
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social
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dogmatic
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emphatic
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verdant
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immature
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admonish
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reprove
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adamant
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firm
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acrimonious
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bitter
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arduous
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hard
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coerce
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compel
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ingenuous
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naive
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presentiment
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foreboding
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edict
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decree
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gratis
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free
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prodigy
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a wonder
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privation
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lack of comforts
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voluble
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takative
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staid
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quiet
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fippant
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cheeky rude
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deride
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scorn
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scion
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descendant
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reticence
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reserve
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entreat
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beg
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tutelage
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guardianship
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secular
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not religious
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gauche
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awkward
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pseudo
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false
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upbraid
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reprove
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banal
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commonplace
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solicitous
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showing care
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effrontery
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boldness
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fetid
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smelling
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tibald
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offensice
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acumen
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sharpness
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raiment
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clothing
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animosity
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ill will
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conciliate
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soothe
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impetus
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sudden force
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nebulous
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vague
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stoic
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clam
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affinity
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natural attraction
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haggard
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worn out
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emanate
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emit
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charlantan
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imposter
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decry
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condemn
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pathology
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study of diseases
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exorbitant
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exceeding
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pique
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arouse anger
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exorbitant
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exceeding
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extol
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praise
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moot
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arguable
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maritime
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nautical
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arable
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suited for plowing
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somnolent
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sleepy
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ingratiate
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win favor
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pretext
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misleading
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overt
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open public
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conclave
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private meeting
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hackneyed
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commonplace
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colloquial
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coversational
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causcus
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meeting
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invalidate
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make valueless
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delude
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mislead
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sojurn
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a hort stay
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raze
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destroy
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irinerary
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travel plans
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patrician
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aristrocrat
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macabre
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gruesome
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sumptuous
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lavish, rich
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evvlesiastical
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of church
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aesthetic
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based on beauty
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definitive
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conclusive
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defray
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pay
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defunct
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no longer exists
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comly
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attractive
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chattel
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moveable possessioms
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ensconce
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shelter
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deify
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make god of
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apparition
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ghost
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harangue
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noisy
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paragon
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perfection
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derivative
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not original
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pragmatic
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practical
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autocracy
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supreme power
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despot
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oppressive monarch
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fiasco
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failure
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anarchy
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gov. in turmoil
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languish
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weak
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prolerariat
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lowest class
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nourgeois
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middle class
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mercenary
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work of money
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austerity
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sternness
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Veracity
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honesty
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certitude
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belief
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clemency
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mercifulness
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erudite
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learned or scholarly
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superannuate
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set out out of date
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succinct
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expressed in few words
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stentorian
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very loud
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soliloquy
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the act of talking while of as if alone
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loquacious
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talkative
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tacit
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silent saying nothing
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enervate
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exhaust
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fecund
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producing offspring capable
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temerity
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reckless boldness
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indigenous
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originating in
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martinet
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military one
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benign
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kindly
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amnesty
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pardon
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schism
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dicision of opposing parties
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propinquity
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proximity
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extant
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in existance
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palpable
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plain
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amortize
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to liquidate
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spurious
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false sham
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stringent
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strict
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cognizant
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aware having conscious
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emolument
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profit
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aborigine
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one of the first or earlist inhabitants
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concomitant
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existing with something
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propitiate
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to make facorably inclined
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disparity
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difference
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luminary
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a light so.
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dilettante
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a person who takes up an art
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surfeit
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excess
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adumbrate
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give a faint shadow
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edullient
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boiling up, over flowing
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sycophant
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self- seeking
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filial
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befitting a son of daughter
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propensity
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bent, leaning
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fortuitous
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incidental
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peripatetic
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wandering
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assuage
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alleciate
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facile
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smooth folowing
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raconteur
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a person who is skilled in relating anecdotes
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accolade
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honor
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inculate
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instill
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sartorial
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tailor
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adjure
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bind
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covenant
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a agreement formal
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flaccid
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soft and limp
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accouterment
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equipage trappongs of a soldier
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alacrity
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cheerful readiness
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onerous
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burdensome troublesome
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assiduous
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tireless persistent diligent
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exemplary
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worhty of imitation; commendable
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