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138 Cards in this Set
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harangue
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ranting speech
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hedonist
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one who feels they should only pursue pleasure
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iconolast
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one who attacks the common belifs
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idolatrous
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excessively worshiping one thing
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idol
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immutable
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unable to be changed
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mutate
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imperious
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commanding
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imperitive-must do-command
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impute
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to blame
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incediary
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someone who agitates
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reading someones DIARY is a
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inchoate
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formless
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indigent
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poor
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indignation
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anger sparked by injustice
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poor angry
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inept
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not capable
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ingenuous
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innocent
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inimical
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hostile
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injunction
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an order
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juncture comand
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inoculate
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vaccine to create and immunity
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insatiable
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never satisfied
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sati(sfy)ably
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insular
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narrow minded
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sul small narrow
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interlocutor
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someone who is talking
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locu--talk
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intransigent
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refusing to compromise
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not-wavering trans give in
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inure
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to make someone become accustomed to a sitiuation
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IN itiated
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invective
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angry, verbal attack
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iridescent
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rainbow colors
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irrevocable
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can't be taken back
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irreversable
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largess
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generous giving of gifts
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large giving
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latent
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hidden but vunerable
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legerdemain
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deception
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put off untill demain secretly
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licentious
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lack of moral
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licen- lack of
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lithe
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gracefull
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malestrome
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destructive whirl pool
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malediction
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curse
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bad--words
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mawkish
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sick sentimentality
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mendacious
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lying character
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modicum
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smalll ammount
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morass
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wet swampy bog, confusion
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swamp . mind
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mores
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moral attitude of a people
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moral
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myriad
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great numbers
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nadir
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lowest point
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neophyte
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lacking experience
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neo -- new
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nominal
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insignifigant
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obdurate
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unyeilding to persuasion
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obfuscate
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incomprehensible
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confusing
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officious
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someones services that arn't needed
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office not needed
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onerous
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burdensome
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ornery b/c this
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palliate
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reduce in severity
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make pallateable
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panacea
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remedy for ills
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remedy
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pariah
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outcast
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parsimony
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frugality
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MONeY carefull with it
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pejorative
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derogatory
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prejudging
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pellucid
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clear easily understood
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clear talk
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penchant
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tendancy
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perspicacity
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shrewdness
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shrewd
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pert
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bold
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pertinacious
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stubbornly persistent
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pert= bold PERsistent
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phlegmatic
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uninterested
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pithy
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concisely meaningful
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plattitude
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cliche
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attitude is negetive towards these
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polemic
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aggessive argument
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probity
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virtue
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opposite of probation
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portent
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an omen
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potentate
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one who has great power
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potent leader
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precipice
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face of a cliff
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cliff
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preponderance
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superiority in importance
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before you ponder know the king is supieror
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privation
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lacking necessities
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not privy
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profligate
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extravagant
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GATE lavish
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promulgate
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procclaim
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PRO claim
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presage
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an omen
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messAGE
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protean
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able to change shape
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prowess
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extrodinary ability
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puerile
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juvinile
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choclate sticks for kids
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pulchritude
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physical beauty
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beauty
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quixotic
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idealistic
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exotic positive
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quotidian
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daily
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rail
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to scold
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rapport
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mutal understanding
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renunciation
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to reject
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repentant
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sorry
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repent
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repose
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to rest
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rescind
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take back
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rectitude
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extreeme morality
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remiss
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negligent
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respite
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break, rest
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resplendent
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shiny
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rhapsodize
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excessive enthusiasim
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ribald
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crudely humorous
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ruminate
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reflect
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reflect
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ruse
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a trick
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saccharine
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sickeningly sweet
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too candy
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sagacity
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shrewdness
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satiate
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to satisfy excesively
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satisfy +
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salient
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conspicous
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scintillating
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sparkling
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semaphore
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visual signal
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seminal
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original
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serendipity
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luck
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solipsistic
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self centered
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soli--- one self
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somnolent
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sleepy
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sophomoic
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immature
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spurious
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false but plausible
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staid
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sedate
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SeDATe
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scintillating
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sparkling
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servile
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subservient
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SERVIEnt sub
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surreptitious
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stealthy
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surrogate
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one acting in place of another
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swarthy
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dark in color
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sycophant
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one who flatters for self gain
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syco phsyco mind flattering ones own mind
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tangential
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incidential
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tantamount
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equivilant in value
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temerity
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audacity
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timorous
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timid
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TIMid
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tirade
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long speech
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toady
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one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors
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tome
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large book
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bible
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torrid
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intense heat
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transmute
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to change or alter shape
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mut mutate
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trenchant
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effective
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trench warefare-- effective
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trite
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not original
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truculent
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ready to fight
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truncate
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shorten by cutting off
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turgid
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swollen
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ubiquitous
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existing everywhere
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umbrage
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resentment
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unctuous
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smooth
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undulate
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move in waves
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upbraid
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scold severly
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whip you with a braid
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unsurp
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seize by force
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vapid
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lacking liveliness
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variegated
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diversified
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vari varied
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vestige
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mark or trace something lost
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virtuoso
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one who excells in art
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viscous
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not free flowing
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viscocity= thick slow moving not fee flowing
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vitriolic
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causitc quality
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vituperate
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to berate
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vociferous
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loud boisterous
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wantan
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undiciplined
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winsome
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charming pleasing
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win some over with charm
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sizened
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dry wrinkled
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zephyr
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gentle breeze
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