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15 Cards in this Set
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Myopic |
lacking forsight |
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Vituperate |
to verbally abuse |
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Contumacious |
rebellious |
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Wan |
sickly pale |
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Imprecation |
a curse |
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Impious |
not devout in religion |
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Distend |
to swell, inflate, or bloat |
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Demur |
to express doubts or objections |
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Demagogue |
a leader or rabble-rouser, usually one applying to emotion or prejudice |
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Perspicacious |
shrewed, astute, or keen-witted |
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Palliate |
to make less serious, to ease |
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Effigy |
a doll, shaped like a person |
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Estimable |
admirable |
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Expurgate |
to censor |
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Fawn |
to grovel |
