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120 Cards in this Set
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approbation
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official approval
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assuage
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to make easier: to put an end to
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caolition
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a combination, union for some specific purpose
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decandence
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decline, decay: a conditon or period of decline or decay
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elicit
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to draw forth, bring out from some source
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expostulate
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to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or dicision by earnest reasoning
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hackneyed
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used so often that it lacks originality
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innuedo
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a hint, indirect suggestio, or reference
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intercede
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to plead on behalf of someone else
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jaded
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wearied, worn out, dulled
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lurid
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causing shock, horror, or revulsion; gory
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meritorious
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deserving of recognition and praise
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petulant
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peevish; annoyed by trifles; irritable
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prerogative
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a special right or privlege
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provincial
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pertaining ot an outlying area, narrow in mind or outlook; a person with a narrow point of view
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simulate
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to make a oretense of, imitate, to shoe the outer signs of
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transcend
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to rise above or beyond, exceed
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umbrage
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an overshadowing influence or power, irritation, annoyance
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hiatus
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a gap, opening break, pause
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unctuous
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excessivly smooth or smug: trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness
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ameliorate
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to improve, make better
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aplomb
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poise, assurance, great self-confidence
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bombastic
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overblown in lanuage
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callow
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without experience, immature
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drivel
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saliva or mucus flowing from th mouth to the nose, foolish aimlis talk or thinking; to let saliva flow from the mouth to the nose, to utter nonsense
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epitome
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a summary, an instance that represents a larger reality
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exhort
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to urge strongly
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ex officio
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by virtue of holding a certain office
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infringe
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to violate, trespass
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ingratiate
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to make oneself aggreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance
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interloper
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one who moves in where he or she is not wanted, an intruder
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intrinsic
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belonging to someone or something by its very nature, organic
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inveigh
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to make a violent attack in words
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lassitude
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lack of energy
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millenium
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a period of 1000 years; a period of great joy
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occult
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mysterious magical supernatura, not dectable by ordinary means; to hide or conceal; matters envolving the supernatural
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permeate
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soak through, penetrate, to spread through
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precipitate
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to fall as moisture; characterizes as excessive haste; moistuer, the product of an action
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stringent
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strict, severe, rigorous
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surmise
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to think or beliee without certain supporting evidence; likely idea that lacks definate proof
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abominate
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to have an intense dislike or hatred for
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acculturation
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the modification of the social patterns , adaptation
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adventitious
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resulting from chance rather than from an inherit cause or character
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ascribe
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to assign or refer to, attribute
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circuitous
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roundabout, not direct
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commiserate
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to sympathize with, have pitty or sorrow for, empathize
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enjoin
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to direct or order to prescribe a course of an action in an authorative way
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expedite
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to make easy, to cause progress faster
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expiate
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to make ammends, to avert
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ferment
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a state of great excitement, to be in or work into such a state
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inadvertent
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resulting from or marked by lack of attention
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nominal
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existing in name only
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noncommitable
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not decisive or definate
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peculate
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to steal something that has been given into one's trust
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proclivity
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a natural or habitual inclination or tendency
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sangfroid
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composure or coolness, especially in trying circumstances
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seditious
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resistent to lawful authority
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tenuous
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thin, slender, lacking clarity, vague, hazy
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vitriolic
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bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting
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wheedle
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to use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end
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affable
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courteous and pleasent
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aggrandize
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to increase in greatness, power and wealth
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amorphous
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shapeless, without definate form
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aura
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that which surrounds; a distinctive air or personal quality
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contraband
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illegal traffic, smuggled goods
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erudite
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scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic
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gossamer
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thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; a very thin light cloth
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infer
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to find out by reasoning, imply
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inscrutable
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incapable of being understood
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insular
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realting to, narrow or isolated in outlook or experience
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irrevocable
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incapable of being changed or called back
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propensity
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a natural inclination or prediction toward
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querulous
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peevish,complaining, fretful
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remonstrate
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to argue to plead with someone against something
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repudite
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to disown, reject, or deny the validity of
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resilient
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able to return to an originally shape or for, able to recover quickly
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scurrilous
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coarsly abusive, vulger or low, foul-mouthed
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sedulous
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persistent, showing industry and determination
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reverberate
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to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatably
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sleazy
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thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; cheesy
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amnesty
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a general pardon for an offense against a goverment
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autonomy
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self-goverment, political control
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axiomatic
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self eveident, expressing a universally accepted principle or rule
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blazon
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to adorn or embellish
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caveat
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a warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior
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equitable
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fair, just embodying principles of justice
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extricate
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to free from entanglements or difficulties; to remove with effort
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filch
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to steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts
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flout
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to mock, treat with contempt
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fractious
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tending to be troublesome, unruly, quarrelsome, contrary
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precept
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a rule of conduct or action
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salutary
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beneficial, helpful
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scathing
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bitterly severe, causing great harm
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scourge
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to whip, punish severly;
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sepulchral
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funereal, typical of the tomb
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soporific
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tending to cause slepp
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straitlaced
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extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct
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transient
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lasting only a short time, fleeting
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unwiedly
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not easily carried, handled or managed because of soze or complexity
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vapid
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dull, uninteresting, tiresome
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anomalous
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abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual
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aspersion
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a damaging or derogatory starement
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bizarre
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extremely strange
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brusque
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abrupt, blunt, with no formalities
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cajole
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to coax, to presuade through flattery or artifice
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castigate
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to punish severly
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contrive
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to plan with ingenuity, invent, concoct, concieve
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demagogue
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a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promisses in order to gain power
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disabuse
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weariness and dissatisfaction from the lack of occupation or intrest, boredom
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ennui
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weariness and dissastifaction from the lack of occupationor intrest, boredom
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fetter
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a chain or shackle placed o the feet; to chain or shackle
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heinous
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very wicked, offensive, hateful
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immutable
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not subject to change, constant
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insurgent
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one who rebels or rises against authority
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magalomania
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a delusion marked by feeling of power, wealth, talent
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sinecure
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a position requiring little or no work
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surreptitious
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stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; mde or accomplished by fraud
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transgress
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to go beyond a limit or boundary
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transmute
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to change from one nature, substance, or form to another
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vicarious
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performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another
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