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29 Cards in this Set
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abstemious
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to abstaining or temperate in partaking food or drink
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assiduous
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works very hard, diligent
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aver
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to swear to, allege, maintain, to state something firmly
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coda
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finale, finished a book or a piece of music
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disingenuous
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not genuine
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exculpate
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to acquit, to formally prove that someone is not guilty
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exigency
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emergency, difficulties, demands of the job
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felicitous
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an appropriate, timely, working out well, particularly suitable, approval because its fitting, lucky
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gainsay
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to contradict, to deny, to dispute Fox News' bread and butter is gainsaying.
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harangue
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n. long tirade; v. to try to force you to agree with tem
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indigence
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state of poverty
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lassitude
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fatigue, lethargy
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levee
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low built wall to prevent flooding, a royal reception, a place where boats let passengers off
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mendacious
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maliciously deceitful
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obdurate
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stubborn in their refusal to change to the point of unreasonableness; flinty
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obviate
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to avoid, prevent
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occlude
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to hide
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opprobrium
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intense, public shame due to a person's actions; censure
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obloqy
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opprobrium
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penury
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poverty
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perfidious
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treacherous
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precipitate
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adj. done too quickly in other's opinions (a precipitate marriage)
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prevaricate
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beat around the bush, avoid giving a clear answer
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propriety
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morally good actions
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proscribe
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forbid
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recondite
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esoteric, abstruse
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striated
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levels
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truculence
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bad-tempered aggression
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welter
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to wallow, soak, steep in; disorderly confusion; an aimless effort
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