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42 Cards in this Set
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baleful
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harmful; menacing
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banal
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boring; trite; insipid
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beguile
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to cheat or decieve, usually through charm; also to amuse
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belligerent
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having a strong tendency to argue and fight
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benediction
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good wishes; s blessing
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bequeath
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to leave behind or hand down through a will; transmit
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blight
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decay; disease; widespread death
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bombast
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speech or writing intended to impress audience; pompous
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bumptious
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pushy; obnoxiously self-assertive
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cacophony
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harshness of sound; opposite of harmony
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capacious
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large; roomy; spacious
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capitulate
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surrender; yield
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capricious
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unpredictable
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castigate
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scold; punish
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caustic
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burning; wither with shemicals of sarcasm
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celerity
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speed
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chasten
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punish; discipline; castigate
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chastise
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scold; punish; castigate
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choler
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anger
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clemency
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mercy
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cloister
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secluded or isolated from the outside world; place fo seclusion
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coalesce
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unite; grow together
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coerce
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to force someone by threatening or physically overpowering him
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complacent
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self-satisfied; unconcerned
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concede
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admit reluctantly; yield
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confound
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to mix up or to confuse someone else
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consonance
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harmony; blending of sounds or opinions; agreement
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consummate
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to complete or make whole
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contend
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argue a point or position; to struggle for
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contingent
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dependent upon other circumstances; conditional
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contract
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squeeze together; shrink
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contrite
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sorry, penitent
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conundrum
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riddle, mystery
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conviction
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opinion that is strongly held
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convivial
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fond of parties; sociable
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cordial
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friendly, welcoming, gracious
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corporeal
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having to do with the body or physical world
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corrroborate
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aupport with evidence; tell same story; confirm
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criteria
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requirements or standards used to make a decision
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culpable
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guilty; blameworthy
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cupidity
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greed; especially for money
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cursory
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quickly and incompletely done; superficial
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