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30 Cards in this Set
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usury
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practice of lending money at exorbitant rates
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approbation
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praise; approval
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salacious
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lascivious; lustful
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desiccate
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to dry completely
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prattle
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meaningless, foolish talk
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puissant
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powerful
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valedictory
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pertaining to a farewell
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vacuous
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empty; void; lacking intelligence; purposeless
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pusillanimous
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cowardly
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errant
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mistaken; straying from the proper course
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pallid
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lacking color or liveliness
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impute
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to relate to a particular cause or source; attribute the fault to; assign as a characteristic
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vitiate
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to impair the quality of; corrupt morally; make inoperative
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covetous
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desiring something owned by another
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expatiate
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to speak or write at length (not to mix with expatriate — to send into exile)
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jibe
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to be in agreement
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apprise
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to inform (someone); they apprised him of his rights
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fidelity
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loyalty; exact correspondence
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minatory
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threatening; menacing
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condone
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to overlook volutarily; forgive
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subversive
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intended to undermine or overthrow, especially an established government
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ruse
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trick; crafty stratagem; subterfuge
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deterrent
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something that discourages or hinders
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abscise
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v. to cut off or away (abscise), abscission is an the act of cutting;
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defunct
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no longer existing
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inveterate
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confirmed; long–standing; deeply rooted
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occlude
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to shut; block
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solvent
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able to meet financial obligation
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zealotry
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fanaticism
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carnal
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of the flesh or body; related to physical appetites
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