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140 Cards in this Set
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ineffible
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incapable of being expressed; G-D
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expatiate
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speak or write at length
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collusion
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conspiring together
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assay
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analyze
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forbearance
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refrain from enforcing; patience; leniency
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interdict
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prohibit; forbid
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essay
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experiment
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palliate
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to make seem less serious or severe; extenuate;
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sinecure
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office position with high pay and little work
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vitiate
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debase; impair; make ineffective
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assay
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analyze
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cynosure
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center of attention; guide
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propitiate
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gain or regain the goodwill of; appease; conciliate; 'propitiate the gods'
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venal
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purchasable; mercenary
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innervate
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energize
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stygian
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dark; gloomy; infernal; hellish
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redoubtable
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formidable; illustrious
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phlegmatic
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calm
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obviate
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to anticipate and make unnecessary
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virago
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shrew
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platitude
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banal or trite statement
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temerity
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boldness; intrepidness
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tautology
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needless repetition of an idea or statement; redundancy
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exiguous
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inadequate
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abjure
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renounce; one's title, beliefs, extravagance
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exsert
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thrust out
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acarpous
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no longer fertile
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knell
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toll of bell, esp. funeral
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turbid
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muddy, designed to obfuscate; waters, response
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turgid
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swollen; tumid; embellished
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stolid
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dull; stupid
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proscribe
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prohibit
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extemporaneous
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impromptu
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droll
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odd; humorous
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inveigle
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entice through flattery
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dissolute
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lacking restraint; indulgence in sex & drink
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ductility
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malleability
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abnegation
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self-denial; rejection of belief
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abrade
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erode; irritate
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pathological
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relating to disease
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dialectical
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practice of examining ideas logically
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pulchritude
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physical beauty
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captious
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criticising; fault finding
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circumspect
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cautious
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fulminate
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denounce
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prolix
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prolonged; wordy
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stint
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miserly
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fulcrum
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support for lever
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aggrandize
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increase; wealth, power
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diffuse
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wordy rambling
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improvident
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profligate
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turpitude
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execrable; inimical; enormity; perfidy; baleful; baneful
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sanctimonious
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disingenous; cant; mountebank
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pusillanimous
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weak; powerless;
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stilted
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bombastic; consequential; overweening; supercilious; tumid; turgid
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guy
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support with chains
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reprove
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expurgate; bowderlize; obviate; proscribe; extirpate; abrogate; abscission;
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obloquy
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impugn; inveigh; vituperative; aspersion; calumniate; excoriate
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plaudit
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encomium; approbation; paean; panegyric; plaudit
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incontrovertible
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indisputable;
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importune
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beg; importunar
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surfeit
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satiate; satisfy to excess
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effrontery
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arrogance
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sanguine
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optimistic
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enervate
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weaken
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insouciant
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light-hearted unconcern; nonchalant
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depredate
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plunder; ravage
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arrant
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extreme; without moderation
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homily
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short sermon; lecture; platitude
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maunder
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wander; speak disconnectedly
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cadge
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mooch
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nostrum
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questionable remedy=panacea; medicine without scientific proof of effectiveness
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peremptory
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haughty (tone); sense of urgency (call); no contradiction (conclusion)
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dross
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impurity; base; trivial
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ineluctable
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inevitable; cannot be changed or avoided; in-e-lock-table
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minatory
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menacing; threatening
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peruse
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examine with great care
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brook
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tolerate
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tamp
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drive in with blows (wet concrete); lessen; reduce
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solecism
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blunder in speech or etiquette
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plangent
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loud, reverberating sound; plaintive; lament
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sophistry
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subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation
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splenetic
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shrewish; marked by bad temper and malevolence
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rebus
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representation of sounds of words in pictures; eye heart ewe.
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prize
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press, move with a lever; pry
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scurvy
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despicable
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sere
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dried and withered;
dry, Lithuanian sausas |
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pith
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core; essential part
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byzantine
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labyrinthine; intricately involved
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rubric
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category; rule; custom
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relegate
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banish; assign to inferior or appropriate position
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sententious
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pithy; terse; aphoristic in expression; (sentence-ious)
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ratiocination
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exact thinking; reasoned train of thought
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sibylline
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prophetic; oracular
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aphorism
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concise statement of a principle
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sybarite
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sensualist; lover of luxury-from the notorious luxury of the Sybarites
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quisling
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traitor; collaborator; Vidkun Quisling died 1945 Norwegian politician who collaborated with the Nazis
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sidereal; sylvan; ligneous; osseous; ursine; vulpine;
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stars; forest; wood; bone; bear; fox;
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transpire
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to be revealed; to occur
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apothegm
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short, pithy saying; aphorism
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cozen
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deceive; use artful trickery
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clavicle
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collarbone
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inculcate
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to teach by frequent admonitions
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factotum
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handyman; do-everything
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emetic
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substance to cause vomiting
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collation
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light meal
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adventitious
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coming from another source, not inherent or coming from the usual place; -- roots
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genuflect
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bend in the knee in worship
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lucre
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profit; money
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maculate
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stained; impure
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obsequy
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funeral or burial rite
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parley
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discussion; discuss
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peroration
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concluding part of a discourse; highly rhetorical speech
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laity
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common people (as opposed to clergy)
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prosody
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study of versification, metrical structure and style, or anything composed in meter
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pharisaical
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hypocritical self-righteousness
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list
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tilt; lean
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plumb
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vertical; true
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manumit
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free; release from slavery
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potentate
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ruler; sovereign
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imprecation
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curse
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hortatory
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encouraging; exhorting
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physiognomy
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inner character or quality revealed outwardly; the art of discovering this
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prate
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chatter; talk long and idly
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plenary
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complete; fully attended
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equanamity
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composure; balance; evenness of temper
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doctrinaire
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one who puts together a theory with little regard to practical difficulties
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palpable
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easily perceptible; tangible; manifest
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feckless
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weak; ineffective; irresponsible
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expostulate
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discuss; reason in order to dissuade
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inviolate
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pure;
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proclivity
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inclination
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cogitate
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ponder; contemplate
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disinter
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dig up; exhume
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ambivalent
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indecisive
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temporize
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yield to current or dominant opinion; draw out discussion
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captious
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lynn; ill-natured inclination to stress and raise objections
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consign
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give over care; commit to final destination; agree
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louche
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irreputable; not decent
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didactic
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intended or designed to teach; make moral observations
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