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47 Cards in this Set
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to regard with extreme repugnance
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abhor
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to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
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acquiesce
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a cutting tool
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adze
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marked by constant attention
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assiduous
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a...
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a large group or collection
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bevy
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to raise trivial and frivolous objections
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cavil
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the act of blaming or condemning sternly
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censure
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a deep-dish fruit dessert with a thick top crust
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cobbler
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to discharge from military service
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demobilize
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to feel or express grief for
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deplore
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to laugh at contemptuously
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deride
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intended to cause delay
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dilatory
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to lower in rank
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disparage
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to cause to break up
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disperse
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a male duck
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drake
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conspicuously bad
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egregious
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to avoid comminting to what you say
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equivocate
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to speak in high praise of
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eulogize
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to relieve of a responsibility
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exoneration
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being happy
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felicity
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without hesitation
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forthright
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festive activity
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gaiety
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to gather into storage
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garner
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tribute in medieval England
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gavel
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pleasure is the sole good in life
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hedonism
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to goad
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instigate
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not easily managed
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intractable
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praise
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laud
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suffused with light
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lucid
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suggesting a courageous spirit
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magnanimous
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speaking in or characterized by a high sounding manner
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magniloquent
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to soothe
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mollify
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cross-breed
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mongrel
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drug that reduces uneasiness
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opiate
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journey
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peripatetic
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p...
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not important
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petty
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important
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ponderous
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complaining
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querulous
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destroy
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raze
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to disapprove
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reprehend
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concise
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succinct
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respect
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veneration
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not concise
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verbose
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to trouble
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vex
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a choice dish
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viand
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avenge
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vindicate
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to declare with certainty
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warrant
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