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10 Cards in this Set
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ensconce
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establish or settle in a comfortable, safe, or secret place
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Ignoble
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not honorable in purpose or character: of humble origin or social status
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yielding
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giving way under pressure
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belittle
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make someone seem unimportant
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diatribe
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a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something
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subtle
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So delicate and precise as to be difficult to analyze or describe; delicately complex or understated; making clever use of indirect methods to achieve something
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acerbic
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(especially of a comment or style of speaking) - sharp and forthright
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bantering
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joking; exchanging remarks in a good humored way
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bewildered
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perplexed and confused
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choleric
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bad tempered or irritable
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