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115 Cards in this Set
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involute
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intricate, complex
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importune
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ask incessantly, to beg, to nag
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precipitous
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rash, foolhardy; dropping sharply, dangerous
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mendacity
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dishonesty
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asperity
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roughness, harshness, ill temper, irritability (Don't confuse with "aspersion," which means slander)
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floridness
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ruddiness; heavily decorated; ornateness
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palliate
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to make something appear less serious, to alleviate, to gloss over, put a positive spin on
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sententious
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short and pithy, full of maxims/proverbs
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precipitate
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(v) to hurl down, to fall headlong (adj) speeding, acting recklessly
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grievous
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causing grief or pain; serious, dire, grave
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poseur
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someone taking on airs to impress others; a phony
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stentorian
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extremely loud and powerful
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contemn
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to scorn or despise
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vitiate
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to pervert, debase, make ineffective
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stanch
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to stop the flow of a fluid
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evince
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to show clearly, to indicate
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imperiousness
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arrogance, commanding presence, overbearingness
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suppliant
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asking humbly, beseeching
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tautology
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a repetition, a redundancy
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arduous
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steep, difficult ascent; laborious
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encomium
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warm or glowing praise; eulogy, panegyric; a tribute
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abjure
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recant solemnly, repudiate, renounce , give up
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ebullient
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enthusiastic; showing excitement; bubbling (or seemingly boiling)
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propitious
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auspicious, presenting favorable circumstances; gracious
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obtain
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to be established, accepted, or customary
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stint
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to be thrifty, to set limits, to restrict
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temerity
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boldness, brashness, intrepidness, recklessness
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prevaricate
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to equivocate, to stray from the truth
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surfeit
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satiate, feed to fullness or to excess
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scurvy
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mean, contemptible
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gregarious
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sociable, outgoing
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recondite
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profound, abstruse, obscure, concealed, hidden
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penury
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extreme poverty
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judicious
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sound in judgment; wise
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sinuous
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winding, undulating, serpentine
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undulate
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to move in wavelike fashion, fluctuate
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probity
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uprightness, incorruptibility, principle
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rubric
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heading, title, or category
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interdict
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prohibit, forbid
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harangue
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a long, passionate speech
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calumny
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slander, aspersion
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petrous
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like a rock, hard, stony
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petrify
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to make hard, rocklike
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conjoin
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to join together
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nexus
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a connection, tie, or link
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obstreperous
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noisy, loud
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contumacious
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insubordinate, rebellious
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mettlesome
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courageous, high-spirited. (Don't confuse with "meddlesome," meaning inclined to interfere.)
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cadge
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to beg, to get by begging
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remonstrate
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to protest, object
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veritable
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unquestionable, true.
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equivocate
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lie, mislead, conceal the truth
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assiduous
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diligent, hard-working, sedulous
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sycophant
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flatterer, parasite; a suck-up
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perfunctory
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superficial, listless, not thorough
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Quixotic
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extravagantly chivalrous, romantically idealistic, impractical
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picaresque
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involving clever rogues or adventurers. (Don't confuse with "picturesque," which means picture-like, charming, or quaint)
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lachrymose
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causing tears, tearful
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ossify
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to turn to bone; to settle rigidly into an idea or practice, become closed-minded
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gainsay
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deny
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saturnine
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gloomy, dark, sullen, morose
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imbroglio
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difficult or embarrassing situation
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exscind
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to cut out, cut away
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verisimilitude
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appearing true or real
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pusillanimous
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cowardly, craven
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ingenuous
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naive, young, artless, frank, honest, sincere. (Don't confuse with "ingenious"--very clever)
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august
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majestic, venerable. (Don't confuse with the month, "August," which is always capitalized)
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fetter
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to shackle, put in chains
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peremptory
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urgent, imperative, unchallengeable, ending debate
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froward
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Stubbornly contrary and disobedient; obstinate(NOT "forward")
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rapacious
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voracious, greedy, plundering
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propinquity
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nearness in time or place, affinity of nature
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succor
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assistance, relief in time of distress
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volatile
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changeable, inconstant, fickle, unstable, explosive
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effluvia
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outflow in a stream of particles; a noxious odor or vapor
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apotheosis
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deification, glorification to godliness
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enormity
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excessive wickedness; evilness (Don't confuse with "enormousness," which means great size)
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sophomoric
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self-assured though immature, affected, bombastic, overblown, lacking maturity
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torpor
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lethargy, sluggishness, dormancy
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feckless
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lacking purpose or vitality; ineffective; careless
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pith
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heart of the matter, basic trait. Also force, strength, or vigor
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penchant
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strong inclination, a liking
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enervate
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weaken, deprive of strength, attenuate
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qualify
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to limit
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reprobate
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person hardened in sin; one devoid of decency
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libertine
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immoral person
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nascent
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coming into existence, emerging
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phlegmatic
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calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional
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partisan
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one-sided, committed to a party, biased or prejudiced
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malinger
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to fake illness or injury, in order to shirk a duty
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decorum
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propriety, properness
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raffish
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low, vulgar, base, tawdry
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loquacious
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talkative, garrulous
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piquant
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agreeably pungent, stimulating
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beatify
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to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to. Regard as saintly (Don't confuse with "beautify," which means to make beautiful)
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forbearance
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patience, willingness to wait
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truculence
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aggressiveness, ferocity
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mellifluous
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sweetly flowing; usually used to describe use of words (sweetly flowing words, as when the speech is characterized by high volubility
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pariah
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an outcast, a rejected and despised person
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desiccate
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to dry up, dehydrate
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taciturn
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untalkative, silent
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pillory
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to punish, hold up to public scorn
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imprecation
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an invocation of evil; a curse
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apostate
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one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
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countenance
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(n) mien, face (v) approve of
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dogmatic
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positive, certain, arbitrary, without room for discussion
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felicitous
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apt; suitably expressed, well chosen, apropos
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vituperate
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berate, rail against, attack verbally
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indefatigability
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not easily exhaustible; tirelessness
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fatuous
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complacently stupid
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salubrious
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healthful
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tenuous
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unsubstantial, flimsy, weak
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odium
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contempt, dislike, aversion
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obdurate
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hardened and unrepentant; stubborn, inflexible
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incredulous
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skeptical, unwilling to believe (NOT "incredible," as many think)
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