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28 Cards in this Set
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disparage
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purposely talk in such a way to be vague and misleading
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equivocate
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tickle; stimulate pleasurably
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titillate
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flatter lavishly
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adulate
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prohibit
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proscribe
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make unnecessary
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obviate
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work against
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militate
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slander
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malign
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forgive
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condone
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change hostility to friendliness
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placate
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par
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equal
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ment
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noun suffix attached to verbs
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ity
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noun suffix attached to adjectives
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dis
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negative prefix
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con, com
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with, together
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aequus
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equal
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vox, vocis
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voice
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-ate
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verb suffix
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ion
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noun suffix attached to verbs ending in ate
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ous
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adjective suffix
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ambi
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both
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equality
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parity
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inequality
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disparity
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belittlement
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disparagement
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one's equal
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peer
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act of being deliberately vague or indirectly deceptive or open to contrary interpretations
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equivocation
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quality of being open to misinterpretation
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ambiguity
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statement or word with 2 meanings, one of them risque, indelicate, or sexual
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double entendre
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