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15 Cards in this Set
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decry
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criticize openly
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defile
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to make unclean, impure
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deleterious
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harmful
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demure
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quiet, modest, reserved
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deprecate
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to belittle, depreciate
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deride
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to laugh at mockingly, scorn
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desecrate
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to violate the sacredness of a thing or place
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desiccated
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dried up, dehydrated
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diaphanous
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light, airy, transparent
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diffident
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shy, quiet, modest
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discursive
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rambling, lacking order
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dissemble
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to conceal, fake
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dither
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to be indecisive
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ebullient
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extremely lively, enthuiastic
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effrontery
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impudence, nerve, insolence
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