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60 Cards in this Set
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austere
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severe or stern in manner, simple, plain, harsh or sour in flavor
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beneficent
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doing good
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cadaverous
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corpse, pale
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concoct
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make a dish, invent or devise
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crass
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coarse, unfeeling, stupid
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debase
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degrade, lower in character
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desecrate
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pollute, treat badly
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disconcert
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confuse, disturb composure of
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grandiose
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grand, exaggerated
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inconsequential
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unimportant
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infraction
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breaking a law
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mitigate
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make milder or softer, moderate in force or intensity
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pillage
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rob goods, booty
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prate
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talk a lot in foolish or aimless fashion
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punctilious
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careful and excat
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redoubtable
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inspiring fear or awe
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reprove
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scold, find fault with
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restitution
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restoring someone to rightful position, making good on an argument
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stalwart
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brave, resolute
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vulnerable
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open to attack
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acrimonious
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bitter in temper or tone
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bovine
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cow or ox, sluggish, unresponsive
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consternation
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dismay, confusion
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corpulent
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fat, large bulky body
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disavow
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deny responsibility for or connection with
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dispassionate
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impartial, calm, free from emotion
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dissension
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disagreement, diff of opinion
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dissipate
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scatter,dispel
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expurgate
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remove objec passgea from text, purify
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gauntlet
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challenge, armed men
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hypothetical
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guess or assumption
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ignoble
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mean, low, base
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impugn
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attack as false
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intemperate
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lacking self control
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odium
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hatred, disgrace resulting from hateful conduct
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perfidy
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faithlessness, treachery
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relegate
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place in lower position, banish
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squeamish
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easily shocked or upset
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subservient
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submissively obidient
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susceptible
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open to, easily influenced
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abate
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less in amount, subside
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adulation
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excessive praise
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anathema
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object of intense dislike
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astute
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crafty, showing practical wisdom
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avarice
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greedy, esp for money
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culpable
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deserving blame
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dilatory
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delay, procrastinate
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egregious
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standing out from the mass in a bad way
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equivocate
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vaugue, more than one interpretation
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evanescent
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vanishing, passing away, light and airy
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irresolute
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cant make up ones mind
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nebulous
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cloudlike, vague, confused
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novice
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beginner at something
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penury
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extreme poverty
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pretentious
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done for show
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recapituale
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review facts, to sum up
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resuscitate
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revive, bring back to existence
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slovenly
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untidy, dirty, careless
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supposition
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assumed or taken for granted
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torpid
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inactive, sluggish, dull
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