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30 Cards in this Set
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Quixotic
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extravagantly chivalrous or romantic
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Rancorous
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full of or showing hatred
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Rarefy
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to make rare or rarer
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Raze
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To tear down
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Recalcitrant
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resisting authority or control
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Recant
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to withdraw or disavow
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Reprobate
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a wicked person
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Ribald
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vulgar or indecent in speech
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Ruminate
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to meditate or muse; ponder
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Saccharine
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of the nature of or resembling that of sugar
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Savant
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a person of profound or extensive learning
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Stultify
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to make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous
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Supercilious
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haughtily disdainful or contemptuous
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Surfeit
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excess; an excessive amount
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Surly
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churlishly rude or bad-tempered
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Taciturn
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inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation
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Tantamount
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equivalent, as in value, force, effect, or signification: His angry speech was tantamount to a declaration of war.
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Tenuous
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thin or slender in form, as a thread
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Trepidation
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tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation
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Turgid
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swollen; distended; tumid
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Turpitude
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vile, shameful, or base character; depravity
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Undulate
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to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion
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Unwieldy
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not wieldy; wielded with difficulty; not readily handled or managed in use or action, as from size, shape, or weight; awkward; ungainly
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Veracity
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habitual observance of truth in speech or statement
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Verbose
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characterized by the use of many or too many words
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Viable
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capable of living
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Virulent
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actively poisonous; intensely noxious
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Vociferous
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crying out noisily; clamorous
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Vouchsafe
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to grant or give, as by favor, graciousness, or condescension
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Zenith
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a highest point or state
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