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78 Cards in this Set
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complicity
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involvement in wrong doing
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penchant
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a strong attraction or inclination
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glean
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to gather bit by bit
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preposessing
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pleasing; creating a favorable impression
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delineate
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portray, sketch, descrive in vivid detail
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inane
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silly
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propound
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to offer; to suggest for consideration
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ludicrous
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ridiculous
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derogatory
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degrading; belittling
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propriety
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the state of being proper; appropriateness
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utopian
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idealistic; impractical
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exhume
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to unearth; to disinter
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piquant
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spicy; pungent; stimulating to the taste or mind
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incendiary
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inflammatory; provocative
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largesse
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generosity in giving
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animadversion
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a comment indicating strong disapproval
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congeal
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to thicken; to jell
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decry
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to condemn; express strong disapporval
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tenable
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capable of being held or defended
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encomium
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a lavish tribute
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celerity
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speed
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credence
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belief; mental acceptance
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halcyon
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calm; peaceful prosperous; affluent
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cavort
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to romp or prance around
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substantiate
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to establish by evidence; to prove
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insatiable
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cannot be satisfied
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emulate
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to imitate; to mimic
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belabor
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to work on excessively
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evince
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to display clearly; to provoke
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primordial
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fundamental; basic
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ramify
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to divide and spread out like branches
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avid
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intensely eager
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articulate
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to pronounce clearly and distinctly
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murky
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dark and gloomy
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feckless
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ineffective; weak; unreliable
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dissemble
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to disguise or conceal
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myopic
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nearsighted
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carping
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petty; nagging criticism
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unwonted
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not usual or expected
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temporize
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to stall or act evasively in order to gain time
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overt
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open, not hidden; obvious
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arrogate
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to claim or take without right
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jocular
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humourous; jolly
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enervate
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to weaken
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nettle
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to irritate severely
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testy
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easily irritated
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moot
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open to discussion and debate; unresolved
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abject
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degraded; wretched
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emend
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to correct; to alter
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mordant
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sharply or bitterly harsh
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travesty
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a grotesque imitation
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prestigious
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having a highly favorable reputation
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consummate
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to bring to state of completion or perfection
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indubitable
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certain; without a doubt
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meretricious
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tawdry; gaudy; lacking sincerity
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hallowed
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sacred; revered
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malediction
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a curse
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incarcerate
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to imprison
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dereliction
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negligence; abandonment
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garner
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to gather and store away
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atrophy
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the wasting away of a body organ or tissue
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disarray
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disorder; confusion
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frenetic
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frantic; highly agitated
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concord
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a state of agreement; harmony
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intermittent
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stopping and beginning again; sporadic
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equity
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fairness
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ignominy
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shame and disgrace
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perspicacity
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keenness
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figment
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a fabrication of the mind
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acuity
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sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses)
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surveillance
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careful observation
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indictment
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a formal accusation
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sacrilege
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disrespectful treatment of something held sacred
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excoriation
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a strong denunciation; a censure
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eulogy
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high praise
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verbiage
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wordiness
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verdant
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green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgement
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undulate
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to move with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike experience
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