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34 Cards in this Set
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travail
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painful physical or mental labor; drudgery; torment
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trenchant
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cutting; keen
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pan
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to criticize severely, as in review of a play
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truism
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self-evident truth
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turbid
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muddy; having the sediment disturbed
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undulating
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moving with a wavelike motion
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unfounded
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baseless; not based on fact
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ungainly
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awkward; clumsy; unwieldy
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unrequited
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not reciprocated
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unsullied
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spotlessly clean; unstained
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upbraid
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severely scold; reprimand
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upright
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honest; ethical; erect; perpendicular
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urbane
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suave; refined; elegant
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utopia
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ideal place, state or society
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vanguard
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advance guard of a military force; forefront of a movement
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vantage
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position giving an advantage
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vapid
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dull and unimaginative; insipid and flavorless
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venerate
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revere
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venturesome
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bold
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verisimilitude
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appearance of truth; likelihood
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vertigo
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severe dizziness
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vicissitude
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change of fortune
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virtuoso
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highly skilled artist
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vivacious
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animated; livery
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voluble
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fluent; glib; talkative
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glib
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readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so
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voracious
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ravenous
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wanderlust
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strong longing to go off traveling
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wanton
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unrestrained; willfully malicious; unchaste
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chaste
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free from obscenity; decent
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whet
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sharpen; stimulate
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wile
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trick intended to deceive; stratagem
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winnow
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sift; separate good parts from bad
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zephyr
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gentle breeze; west wind
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