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30 Cards in this Set
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Exculpate
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To clear from guilt
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Adduce
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to offer as example
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Viands
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A delicate dishes of food.
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Tenets
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any doctrine
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Immured
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to enclose within walls
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Expostulate
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To reason earnestly
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Deprecate
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To express disapproval
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Disquisition
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A formal discussion of a subject
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Myriad
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A trace of something no longer existent
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Vestige
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To invoke evil upon
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Sanguinary
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full of bloodshed
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Salutation
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A polite expression of greeting
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Exordium
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A beginning part
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Machination
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Crafty schemes
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Sedulous
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Diligent in attention
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Indolence
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Inclination to laziness
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Ennui
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A feeling of weariness
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Sophism
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An argument correct in form but actually invalid
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Assizes
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a trial session
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Torpor
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sluggish inactivity
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Imperious
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overbearing
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Incredulous
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unwilling to accept what is offered as true
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Adjuration
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a solemn oath
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Asseverate
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to declare positively
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Requisition
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the act of demanding
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Opprobrium
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Something that brings disgrace
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Sublime
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elevated in thought
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Transcendent
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going beyond ordinary limits
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Contumely
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Insulting display of contempt in actions
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Execrate
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to declare to be evil.
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