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35 Cards in this Set
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fiduciary
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of a trust; held or given in trust
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epigram
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a witty or pointed saying tersely expressed
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promulgate
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to make known by open declaration
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animus
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hostile feeling or attitude
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effluence
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flowing out of
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fusillade
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continuous discharge of firearms or outburst of criticism
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miscegenation
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interbreeding of races
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adjure
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to beg or command
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elocution
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art of clear and expressive speaking
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ablution
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act of cleansing
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malfeasance
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misconduct or wrongdoing often committed by a public official
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panoply
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a wide-ranging and impressive array or display
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pertinacious
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resolute
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disport
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to divert or amuse oneself
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compunction
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a feeling of uneasiness for doing wrong
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arrogate
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to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously
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execrable
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abominable
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circumspect
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watchful and discreet
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contravene
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to come into conflict with
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adventitious
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associated by chance and not an integral part
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bilious
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characterized by an excess secretion of bile; irritable, cranky
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sybarite
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a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
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churl
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a crude person; a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend; a bad-tempered person
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aphorism
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a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation
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spate
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a large number or amount or extent; a sudden forceful flow
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bumptious
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offensively self-assertive
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sere
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having lost all moisture
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propitious
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presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success
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refractory
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unresponsive; stubbornly resistant
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panacea
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hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists
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roiled
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aroused to impatience or anger
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prurient
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lusty
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yen
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yearn
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waspish
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very irritable
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knell
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ring as in announcing death
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