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27 Cards in this Set
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rectitude
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moral correctness; moral uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment
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vainglorious
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boastful; excessively conceited;
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inveigh
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denounce; utter censure or invective;
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supererogatory
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superfluous; more than needed or demanded
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besmirch
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soil; defile; make dirty
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beholden
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obligated; indebted; owing thanks
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flay
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strip off skin; plunder; remove the skin from; criticize harshly
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variegated
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many-colored
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parley
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conference (between opponents)
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benison
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blessing
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chaffing
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bantering; joking
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scrappy
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quarrelsome
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philatelist
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stamp-collector;
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inane
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empty; silly
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unprepossessing
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unattractive
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spry
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vigorously active ( esp of older people )
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dapper
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neat and trim (in appearance); neat in appearance and quick in movements;
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monograph
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scholarly article
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preternatural
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supernatural; beyond what is normal in nature
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despoil
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plunder; sack; ex despoil the village
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anathema
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solemn curse;
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disclaim
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disown; renounce claim to
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indigence
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poverty
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avuncular
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of or like an uncle
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welt
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raised mark from a beating or whipping
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flotsam
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drifting wreckage
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putative
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supposed; reputed; generally regarded as such
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