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43 Cards in this Set
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ENSCONCED
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to settle securely or comfortable
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Dissentient
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Disagreeing
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Pre-eminent
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Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding
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frolic
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gamboled
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acute
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keen, perceptive
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a succinct formulation of a fundamental principle, general truth, or rule of conduct
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maxim
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despicable
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contemptible
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irrepressible
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difficult or impossible to control or restrain
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pretext
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excuse or reason
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Liable
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Likely
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procured
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to get by special effort; obtain or acquire
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restive
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uneasily impatient under restriction, opposition, criticism, or delay
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dissenter
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remove from original
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malignity
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itense ill will or hatred
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Capitulated
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to surrender under specifieed conditions; come to terms
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attribute
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accuse
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categorically
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being w/out exception or qualification; absolute
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countenance
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facial features
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incited
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provokes
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retribution
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something justly deserved; recompense
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Cynical
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skeptical of motives, negative
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Deep-seated, mutual hatred
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Enmity
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Lack of intrerest or concern, indifference
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apathy
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conceived
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form, created
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cryptic
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having hidden meaning; mystifing
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easily managed or controlled
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tractable
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to beat severely with a whip or rod
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flogging
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ignominoious
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marked by shame or disgrace
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clearly apparent to the sight or understanding; obvious
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manifestly
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innovation
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act of introducing something new
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procured
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to get by special effort; obtain or acquire
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skulking
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lurk
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machinations
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act of ploting
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censured
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find faults
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conciliatory
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to overcome the distrust or animosity of; appease
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unscathed
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not injured or harmed
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contrived
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obviously planned or calculated; not spontaneous or natural
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superannuated
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to allow to retire on a pensiion because of age
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complicity
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involvement as accomplice
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inebriate
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to intoxicate
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morose
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sullenly melancholy
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taciturn
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habitually untalkative
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subsistence
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something that has real or substantial existance
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