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77 Cards in this Set
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treasurer
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bursar
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knowing partnership in wrongdoing
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complicity
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feeling of uneasiness caused by guilt or regret
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compunction
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to humble, disgrace
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abase
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something different from the usual or normal
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aberration
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to loathe, detest
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abhor
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the act of cleansing
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ablution
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to depart secretly
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abscond
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moderate in appetite
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abstemious
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difficult to comprehend
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abstruse
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praise, distinction
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accolade
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bitter, sharp in taste or temper
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acerbic
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harsh, bitter
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acrid
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sharpness of insight
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acumen
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uncompromising
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adamant
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friendly, easy to approach
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affable
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personal offense; insult
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affront
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to make larger or greater in power
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aggrandize
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one doubting that people can know god
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agnostic
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medieval chemical philosophy based on changing metal into gold
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alchemy
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distanced, estranged
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alienated
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noisy dispute
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altercation
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unselfish concern for others' welfare
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altruism
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mixture, compound, alloy
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amalgam
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attitude of uncertainty, conflicting emotions
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ambivalence
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to make better, improve
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ameliorate
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agreeable, cooperative
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amenable
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ornament worn as a charm against evil spirits
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amulet
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out-dated
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anachronistic
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ban, curse; something shunned or disabled
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anathema
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unregularity or deviation from the norm
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anomaly
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to demand or claim arrogantly
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arrogate
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to determine, discover, make certain of
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ascertain
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diligent, persistent, hardworking
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assiduous
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to make less severe, ease, relieve
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assuage
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to waste away, with from disease
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atrophy
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bold, daring, fearless
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audacious
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harmful, with evil intentions
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baleful
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huge creature
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behemoth
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warlike, aggressive
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bellicose
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to confuse, stupefy, plunge deep into thought
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bemuse
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unenlightened
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benighted
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booklover
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bibliophile
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to coax with flattery
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blandish
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using high-sounding but meaningless language
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bombastic
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good-natured geniality, atmosphere of good cheer
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bonhomie
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crude person, one lacking manners or taste
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boor
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middle-class
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bourgeois
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cow-like, relating to cows
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bovine
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bandit, outlaw
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brigand
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disastrous, catastrophic
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calamitous
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to sprout and flourish
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burgeon
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brawny, husky
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burly
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to polish, make smooth and bright
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burnish
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jarring, unpleasantly noisy
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cacophonous
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immature, lacking sophistication
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callow
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false and malicious accusation, misrepresentation, slander
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calumny
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smart, founded on common sense
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canny
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to find fault, complain constantly
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carp
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impulsive, whimsical, without much thought
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capricious
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of the flesh
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carnal
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to punish, chastise, criticize severely
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castigate
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universal, broad, and comprehensive
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catholic
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cause-and-effect relationship
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causality
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biting, sarcastic, able to burn
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caustic
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carefree, happy, with lordly disdain
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cavalier
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watchful, cautious, extremely shy
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chary
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trickery, fraud, deception
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chicanery
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fanciful, imaginary, visionary, impossible
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chimerical
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agreement
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concord
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to chuckle
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chortle
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physical grace and beauty
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comeliness
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roomy, spacious
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commodious
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defense wall; anything serving as a defense
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bulwark
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to evoke a spirit, cast a spell
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conjure
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big, destructive fire
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conflagration
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speculation, prediction
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conjecture
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