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132 Cards in this Set
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opprobrium
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disgrace, contempt
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inchoate
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in an initial stage, not yet fully formed
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germane
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pertaining to the subject matter at hand
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perspicacity
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keeness
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pedantic
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overly concerned with the trivial details of learning; show-offish with knowledge
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penury
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destitution, poverty
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inpecunious
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lacking in money
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platitude
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superficial remark
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polemical
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controversial, argumentative
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querulous
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prone to complaining, grrr-umbling
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recalcitrant
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obstinately defiant of authority, difficult to manage
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specious
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seeming true but actually false, plausible but false
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spurious
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counterfeit, false
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surfeit
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excess, overabundant
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acerbic
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sour or bitter tasting
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astringent
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having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh, severe
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credulous
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believing too easily, gullible
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desiccate
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dry out or dehydrate; make dry or dull
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dilettante
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one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or branch of knowledge
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garrulous
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overly talkative
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glib
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nonchalant, superficial
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impetuous
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hastily or irrationally energetic; impulsive and vehement
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inimical
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damaging, harmful
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laconic
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terse, using few words
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mercurial
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rapid, unpredictible change in mood
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phlegmatic
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calm, sluggish, unemotional
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probity
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adherence to the highest principles
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proclivity
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natural predisposition or inclination
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profligate
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excessively wasteful, extravagent
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prosaic
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lacking in imagination, dull
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quotidian
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commonplace, of the everyday
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rarefy
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make or become thin, less dense
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recondite
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hidden, concealed, difficult to understand
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trenchant
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sharply perceptive, keen, penetrating
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august
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magestic, venerable
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broach
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bring up, announce
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brook
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tolerate, endure
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consequential
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pompus and self important
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essay
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attempt or experiment
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fell
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inhumanely cruel
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guy
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rope, cord or brace attached to something as a guide
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meet
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fitting or proper
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nice
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extremely precise
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obtain
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to be established, accepted or customary
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pied
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multi-colored
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pine
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lose vigor
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quaile
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turn frightened
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qualify
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limit
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scurvy
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comtemptable or dispicable
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stand
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group of trees
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steep
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completely saturate or soak
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wag
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wit, joker
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abjure
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renounce or reject solemnly
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adumbrate
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forshadow vaguely or suggest
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anodyne
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something that soothes or assauges
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apostate
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one who abandones long-held religious or political views
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apotheosis
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deification, exalted example
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asperity
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severity, rigor, harshness
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asseverate
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to allege or assert
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assiduous
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diligent, hard-working
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sedulous
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hard-working
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calumniate
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make a false accusation, slander
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captious
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disposed to point out trivial faults, calculated to confuse or entrap in an argument
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cavil
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find fault without good reason
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contumacious
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insubordinate, rebellious
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descry
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discriminate or discern
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desuetude
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disuse
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desultory
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random, aimless, marked by a lack of plan or purpose
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diaphanous
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transparent
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diffident
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reserved, shy, unassuming, lacking in self-confidence
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encomium
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glowing and enthusiastic praise
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excoriate
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to upbraid, censure
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execrate
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denounce, feel loathing for
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exegesis
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critical examination
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expiate
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atone or make amends for
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exterpate
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exterminate, cut out
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fatuous
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silly, foolish
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fractious
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quarrelsome or rebellious
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gainsay
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to deny, dispute
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imbroglio
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difficult or embarrassing situation
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ineluctable
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certain or inevitable
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inimitable
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one of a kind
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insouciant
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unconcerned, carefree
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inveterate
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deep-rooted, ingrained
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jejune
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childish, immature, purile
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nugatory
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worthless
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lubricious
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lewd, wanton, greasy, slippery
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mendicant
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beggar
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meretricious
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gaudy, flashy
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minatory
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menacing or threatening
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nonplussed
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baffled, bewildered
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obstreperous
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noisily or stubbornly defiant, boisterous
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ossify
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tending to become more rigid, turned into bone
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palliate
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make something seem less serious, gloss over
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panegyric
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formal praise
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parsimonious
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cheap
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pelluci
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transparent; easy to understand
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peroration
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the concluding part of a speech; flowery rhetorical speech.
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plangent
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pounding, thundering
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propitiate
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to appease
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pusillanimous
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cowardly
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remonstrate
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protest, object
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salutary
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remedial, wholesome, causing improvement
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sanguine
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cheery, confident
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sententious
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tending to moralize excessively
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stentorian
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extremely loud and powerful
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timorous
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timid, fearful
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tyro
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novice
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vitiate
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to corrupt
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voluble
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fluent, verbal, easy use of spoken language
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chary
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cautious
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demur
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to question or oppose
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exigent
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urgent
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exculpate
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exonerate
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solicitous
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concerned and eager
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attenuate
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weaken
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banal
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commonplace or trite
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cadge
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to get something by taking advantage of someone
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conflagration
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a great fire
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craven
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cowardly; a coward
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depredation
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the act of preying upon or plundering:
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atelier
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artist's workshop
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effluent
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the quality of flowing out. something that flows out, such as a stream from a river
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extant
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in existence, still existing:
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florid
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flushed with a rosy color, as in complexion; very ornate and flowery
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gossamer
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fine cobweb on foliage; fine gauzy fabric; very fine
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improvidence
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an absence of foresight; a failure to provide for future needs or events
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insular
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of or pertaining to an island, thus, excessively exclusive
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obviate
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to prevent by anticipatory measures; to make unnecessary
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peccadillo
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a small sin or fault
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reproof
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the act of censuring, scolding, or rebuking
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turpitude
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depravity; baseness
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