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20 Cards in this Set
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abstemious
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moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking)
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censurable
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deserving of blame of correction
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contngent
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dependent on uncertain events or condition, a representative group forming part of a larger body
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corroborate
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to confirm, substantiate, verify
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denizen
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an inhabitant, resident, one who frequents a place
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discursive
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passing aimlessly from one subject to another, rambling
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disseminate
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to scatter or spread widely
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dowdy
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poorly dressed, shabby
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florid
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highly colored, reddish, excessively ornate, showy
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foist
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to pass off as worthy of genuine
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gauche
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awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless
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heresy
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the denail of an idea that is generally held sacred
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inculcate
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to impress on the mind by repetition
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palpable
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capable of being touched or felt, easily seel
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preceptive
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having keen insight or understanding
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pernicious
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extremely harmful
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salient
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promnenet, standing aout, a land form that projects upward
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satiate
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to satisfy completely, to fill to excess
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sear
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to make or become dry and withered, to char or scorch
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specious
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deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit
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