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144 Cards in this Set
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imprecation
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a curse
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Impugn
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to call into question, to attack verbally
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incarnadine
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blood red in color
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inculcate
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to teach, impress in the mind
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inexorable
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inflexible, unyielding
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Innocuous
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harmless
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Insipid
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lacking interest or flavor
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inter
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to bury
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interregnum
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interval between reigns
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Intransigent
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uncompromising, refusing to be reconciled
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Intrepid
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fearless, resolutely courageous
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Inundate
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to overwhelm, to cover with water
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Inure
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to harden; accustom, to become used to
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Investiture
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ceremony conferring authority
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Invidious
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envious, obnoxious, offensive; likely to promote ill will
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Jettison
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to discard; to get rid of as unnessary or encumbering
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Jingoism
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belligerent support of one's country
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Knell
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sound of a funeral bell; omen of death or failure
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Lapidary
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relating to precious stones or the art of cutting them
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Lassitude
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a state of dimished energy
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Legerdemain
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Trickery
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Levity
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an inappropriate lack of seriousness, overly casual
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Licentious
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immoral; unrestrained by society
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Lionize
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to treat as a celebrity
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Lissome
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easily flexed, limber, agile
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Listless
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lacking energy and enthusiasm
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Livid
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discolored from a bruise; pale; reddened with anger
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Lugubrious
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sorrowful, mournful; dismal
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Machination
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plot or scheme
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maelstrom
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whirlpool, turmoil; agitated state of mind
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Magnate
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powerful or influential person
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Mannered
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artificial or stilted in character, affected, unnatural
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Martinet
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strict disciplinarian; one who rigidly follows rules
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Maudlin
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overly sentimental
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Militate
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to operate against, work against, influence, affect, change
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Mirth
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frivolity, gaiety, laughter
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Missive
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a written not or letter
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Mitigate
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to soften, to lessen
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Monastic
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extremely plain or secluded, as in a monastery
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Mores
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fixed customs or manners; moral attitudes
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Myopic
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lacking foresight, having a narrow view or long-range perspective
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Nadir
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lowest point
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Nettle
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to irritate
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Noisome
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stinking, putrid
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Nominal
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existing in name only; negligible
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Nuance
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a subtle expression of meaning or quality
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Numismatics
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coin collecting
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Opine
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to express an opinion
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Opprobrium
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public disgrace
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Orotund
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pompous
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Ostensible
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apparent
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Ostentation
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excessive showiness
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Overwrought
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agitated; overdone
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Palatial
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relating to a palace, magnificent
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Palliate
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to make less serious; ease
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Pallid
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lacking color or liveliness
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Panache
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flamboyance or dash in style and action, verve
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Panoply
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impressive array
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Pare
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to trim off excess, reduce
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Parley
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discussion, usually between enemies
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Parry
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to ward off or deflect, especially by a quick-witted answer
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Pastiche
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piece of literature or music imitating other works
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Pathogenic
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causing disease
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Pejorative
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having bad connotations, disparaging
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Penury
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an oppressive lack of resources(as money)severe poverty
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Peregrinate
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to wander from place to place, to travel, especially on foot
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Perfunctory
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done in a routine way; indifferent
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Peripatetic
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wandering from place to place, expecially on foot
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Phalanx
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a compact or close knit body of people, animals or things
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Phlegmatic
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calm and unemotional in temperament
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Plebeian
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crude or coarse; characteristic of commoners
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Politic
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shrewd and practical in managing or dealing with things; diplomatic
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Polyglot
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a speaker of many languages
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Posit
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to assume as real or conceded; propose as an explanation
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Potentate
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a monarch or ruler with great power
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Precis
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short summary of facts
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Prescient
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having foresight
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Prevaricate
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to lie or deviate from the truth
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Proclivity
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a natural inclination or predisposition
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Profligate
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corrupt, degenerate
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Propriety
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the quality of behaving in a proper manner; obeying rules and customs
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Puerile
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childish, immature, silly
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Pugilism
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boxing
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Pulchritude
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beauty
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Pungent
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sharp and irritating to the senses
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Querulous
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inclined to complain, irritable
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Quiescent
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Motionless
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Quotidian
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occuring daily, commonplace
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Posit
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to assume as real or conceded; propose as an explanation
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Potentate
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a monarch or ruler with great power
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Precis
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short summary of facts
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Prescient
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having foresight
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Prevaricate
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to lie or deviate from the truth
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Proclivity
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a natural inclination or predisposition
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Profligate
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corrupt, degenerate
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Propriety
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the quality of behaving in a proper manner; obeying rules and customs
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Puerile
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childish, immature, silly
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Pugilism
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boxing
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Pulchritude
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beauty
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Pungent
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sharp and irritating to the senses
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Querulous
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inclined to complain, irritable
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Quiescent
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Motionless
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Quotidian
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occuring daily, commonplace
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Raconteur
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witty, skillful storyteller
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Redress
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relief from wrong or injury
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Rejoinder
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response
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Replete
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abundantly supplied, complete
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Repudiate
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to reject the validity of
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Requite
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to return or repay
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Restive
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impatient uneasy, restless
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Reticent
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silent, reserved
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ribald
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humorous in a vulgar way
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Sardonic
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cynical; scornfully mocking
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Sedition
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behavior that promotes rebellion or civil disorder against the state
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Sentient
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aware, conscious, able to perceive
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Slake
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to calm down or satisfy, quench
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Sobriquet
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nickname
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Solecism
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grammatical mistake; blunder in speech
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Spartan
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highly self-disciplined; frugal, austere
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Specious
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deceptively attractive seemingly plausible but fallacious
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Sportive
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frolicsome, playful
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Stasis
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a state of static balance or equilibrium; stagnation
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Stratagem
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trick designed to deceive an enemy
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Sublime
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lofty or grand
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Supplant
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to replace by force to take the place of
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Sybarite
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a person devoted to pleasure and luxury
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Tome
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a book; usually large and academic
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Trenchant
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acute, sharp, incisive, forceful, effective
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Unequivocal
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absolute, certain
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Usury
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the practice of lending money at exorbitant rates
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Verdant
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green with vegetation; inexperienced
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Vernal
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related to spring; fresh
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Vestige
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trace, remnant
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Vicissitude
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a change or variation, ups and downs
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Vim
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vitality an energy
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Voluble
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talkative, speaking easily, glib
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Wan
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sickly pale
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Wanton
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undisciplined, unrestrained, reckless
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Winsome
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charming, happily engaging
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Wizened
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shriveled, withered, wrinkled
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Wraith
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a ghost or specter; a ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death
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Xenophobia
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a fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers
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Yoke
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to join together
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Zephyr
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a gentle breeze, something airy or unsubstantial
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