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43 Cards in this Set
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abet
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Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
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acquitted
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declared not guilty
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belligerent
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Someone who fights (or is fighting)
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chivalrous
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Being attentive to women like an ideal knight-- courteous
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declamation
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Recitation of a speech from memory, recital
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ductile
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Easily influenced-malleable-Capable of being bent
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emphatic
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Spoken with emphasis-sudden and strong
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excursion
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A journey taken for pleasure
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extol
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Praise, glorify, or honor
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fastidious
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Giving careful attention to detail-- kind of like meticulous
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galling
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Causing irritation or annoyance
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garishness
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appearance, tastelessness
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impartial
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Showing lack of favoritism-unprejudiced
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infusion
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extract
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insentient
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Devoid (lacking) of feeling and consciousness
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insurgence
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An organized rebellion
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inversion
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reversal or turning inside out
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irreverent
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Showing lack of due respect or veneration
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jaundiced
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Showing or affected by prejudice or envy or distaste--(disease causing yellow skin)
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magisterial
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Of or relating to a magistrate (*judge) Syn: bossy
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malevolence
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Wishing evil to others
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malodorous
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Having an unpleasant smell
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maudlin
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sentimental, emotional-soupy
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meritorious
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Deserving reward or praise
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ostentatious
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Intended to attract notice and impress others
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perforate
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Make a hole into or between (*penetrate)
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plausible
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Apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful, believable
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precarious
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Dangerously insecure;Not secure; beset with difficulties; Affording no ease or reassurance; Fraught with danger (UNSTABLE)
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predilection
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A predisposition in favor of something
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premonition
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A feeling of evil to come, forewarning
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prevalent
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Encountered generally especially at the present time--current
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prolific
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Intellectually productive
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punctual
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Acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed
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ravenous
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Extremely hungry
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reciprocation
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The act of making or doing something in return, Mutual interaction
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restorative
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A medicine that strengthens and invigorates
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schematic
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Diagram of an electrical or mechanical system
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scintillated
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Reflect brightly; give off, or emit
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solicited
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begged
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subversion
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corruption
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titillated
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Feeling mild pleasurable excitement
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volition
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The capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
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vulgarity
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grossness; The quality of lacking taste and refinement
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