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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 aux 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 |
Free from a motion calm |
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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 |
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expurgate |
to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text to cleanse purify |
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gauntlet |
In armored or protective gloves a challenge to lines of men armed with weapons with which to be a person for us to run between them |
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hypothetical |
Based on an assumption or gas |
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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 |
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odium |
hatred and contempt disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct |
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perfidy |
faithfulness treachery |
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relegate |
to place in a lower position to assign referred turn over to banish |
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squeamish |
inclined to nausea easily shocked or upset |
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subservient |
Subordinate incapacity or roll submissively obedient serving to promote some end |
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susceptible |
Open to easily influence lacking in resistance |