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20 Cards in this Set
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acrimonious
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marked by hard or biting sharpness; bitter
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ambiguous
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doubtful or uncertain; inexplicable; capable of being understood in more than one way
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belicose
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showing readiness to quarrel or fight
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bovine
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related to or resembling the ox or cow; sluggish and patient
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bucolic
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rustic, rural, pastoral
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burgeon
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to put forth sprout; a bud
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burnish
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to polish to make shiny
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cadaver
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a corpse or dead body especially of a person
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callow
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undeveloped, inexperienced, immature
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candid
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sincere, honest, impartial
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captious
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intended to entrap or confuse; quibbling carping faultfinding
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carp
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to talk in a peevish, grumbling or accusing way, to find fault pettily or unfairly cavil; a fresh water fish
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castigate
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to punish, tochastise, or rebuke
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chagrin
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vexation, disappointment, mortification, embarassment
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chimerical
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imaginary, fantastic, unreal, absurd, impossible
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clandestine
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secret, hidden, underhanded, surreptitious
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cloistered
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secluded; hidden from the world; religious secclusion
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copse
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a thicket of small trees
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corroborate
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to support w/ evidence or authority; to make more certain
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crass
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grossly stupid; dull; coarse gross
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