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37 Cards in this Set
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Upbraid
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(v) Criticize severely, reproach
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Excoriate
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(v)1) To wear the skin off
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Berate
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(v) To scold or condemn violently at length
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Jocular
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(adj) Given to jesting, habitually jolly
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Imperious
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(adj) Commanding, dominant
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Vitriolic
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(adj) Hard, caustic
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Reticent
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(adj) Silent, uncommunicative
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Aphorism
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(n) A concise statement of principals
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Anomalous
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(adj) Inconsistent with the norm
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Enigmatic
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(adj) Mysterious, puzzling
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Like a bulb
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Bulbous
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Actions to repair
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Reperation
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Producing a loud, full sound
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Sonorous
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The art or practice of divination
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Augery
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Sneaky, subtle, secretive
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Furtive
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The retainers accompanying a high ranking person
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Retinue
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A sad portuguese song
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Fado
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1) Compulsory enrollment, esp. in the armed forces 2) A monetary payment exacted by a government in wartime
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Conscription
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Lacking energy of vitality, weak, no spirit or animation
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Languid
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Extreme poverty, destitution, bareness or insufficiency
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Penury
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Fleeting, lasting only a short while
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Ephemeral
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Impressivley great, genius, marvelous
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Prodigious
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Bitter, long lasting resentment
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Rancor
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To speak of a trait with contempt
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Deride
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Of questionable authenticity, erroneous, ficticious
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Apocryphal
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Bearing or manner, appearance, aspect
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Mien
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Sacred, holy or private place
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Sanctum
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Rebuke, scold
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Reproof
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decomposition, termination, debauchery
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Dissolution
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Rough, violent, lacking in restraint
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Boisterous
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Filled with or expressing grief
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Dolefull
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A technique using exaggeration
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Hyperbole
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Dallience, flirtation
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Coquet
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Having an offensive odor
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Fetid
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Imoral, unchaste, undisciplined
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Wanton
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Dissorder, dissarray
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Dishevelment
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Making unclean, polluting
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Defillement
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