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26 Cards in this Set
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lackluster
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dull
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caustic
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sarcastic; biting
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wrest
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take by force
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dupe
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a person easily tricked
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incipient
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just beginning to exist
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inadvertent
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heedless, not attentive
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repudiate
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to reject, decline
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cessation
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a stopping
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euphemism
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a less offensive term
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incongruous
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inappropriate
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condolence
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pity
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stipulate
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to specify a condition
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alacrity
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briskness, lively action
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belligerent
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warlike
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feint
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a false attack
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pugnacious
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impudent
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promulgate
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to make known officially
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brash
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quarrelsome
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tangible
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having actual form
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laceration
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jagged wound
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castigate
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to correct by punishing
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sordid
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dirty, base
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octogenarian
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person in his or her eighties
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solace
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easing of grief
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aspirant
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candidate for high position
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scurrilous
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coarse
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