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14 Cards in this Set
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jettison
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to cast overboard
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misanthrope
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a person who hates or despises people
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pertinacious
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very persistant
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picayune
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of little value or importance,
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raiment
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clothing, garments
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abject
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degraded, base
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complicity
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involvement in wrongdoing
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derelict
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someone or something that is abandonded or neglected
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diatribe
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a bitter or prolonged verbal attack
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effigy
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the crude image of a despised person
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perspicacity
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keenness in observing and understanding
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plenary
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complete in all aspects or essentials
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indubitable
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certain, not to be doubted or denied
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sylvan
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pertaining to or characteristic of a forest
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