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20 Cards in this Set
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Acrimonious |
Stinging, bitter in temper or tone |
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Bovine |
Resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive |
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Consternation |
Dismay, confusion |
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Corpulent |
Fat; having a large, bulky body |
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Disavow |
To deny responsibility for or connection with |
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Dispassionate |
Impartial; calm, free from emotion |
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Dissension |
Disagreement, sharp difference of opinion |
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Dissipate |
To cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure |
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Expurgate |
To remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify |
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Gauntlet |
An armored or protective glove; a challenge; two lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run between them; an ordeal |
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Hypothetical |
Based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation |
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Ignoble |
Mean, low, base |
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Impugn |
To call into question; to attack as false |
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Intemperate |
Immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement |
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Odium |
Hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct |
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Perfidy |
Faithlessness, treachery |
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Relegate |
To place in a lower position; to assign; refer, turn over; to banish |
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Squeamish |
Inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined |
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Subservient |
Subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end |
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Susceptible |
Open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance |
