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42 Cards in this Set
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proffer
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offer for acceptance
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judicious
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showing good judgment; wise
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devoid
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empty; completely lacking
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mundane
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wordly; everday; uninterested in philosphical or spiritual matters
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divulge
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to make known something private or secret
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expiate
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atone; make amends for
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deter
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put off; postpone
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circumspect
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prudent; cautioius
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loquacious
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very talkatvie
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parasitic
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feeding off others
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compunction
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strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
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propitious
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favorable; fortunate; advantageous
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temerity
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rashness; boldness
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collate
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examine in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order
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autonomy
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self governing
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auspice
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a favorable sign or propitious cirucumstance
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capitulate
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surrender; come to terms
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defection
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desertion from loyalty, allegicance, duty or the like
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conjecture
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guess
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cajole
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to persuade by flattery or promises; wheedle
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vilify
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defame or slander
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prevaricate
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lie; to speak falsly or misleadingly with deliberate intent
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mollify
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to soften in feeling or temper; pacify; appease
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abut
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to touch of join at the edge or border
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vociferate
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to speak or cry out loudly or noisily; shout; bawl
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midigate
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to make less sever, intense, or painful
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trepidation
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tremulous fear; alarm; pertrubation
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weedle
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to endeavor to influence a person by flattering or by beguiling words or acts
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reticent
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disposed to be silent; reserved
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inbibe
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to consume by drinking
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vacillate
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waver in decision or opinion
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encumbre
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to impede or hinder; burden; weigh down
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viable
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capabel of living, growing, and develiping as a seed infant, plant etc
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vituperation
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characterized by verbal abuse
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ruminate
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meditate; ponder
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allay
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to put fear, doubt or anger to rest; calm; quiet
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expostulate
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to reason earnestly with a person against something he intends to do oor has done
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espouse
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to made ones own; adobt or embrace
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enervate
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to deprive or nerve, force or strength; weaken
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decimate
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to destroy a great number or proportion
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ossify
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to become inflexible or rigid in habits or opinions
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fabricate
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to devise or invent (a story, lie)
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