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115 Cards in this Set
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restive
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restless, impatient
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retiring
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modest, shy
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retrench
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cut down, economize
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rhapsodize
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to speak of in an overly enthusiastic way
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ribald
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wanton, profane, bawdy
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roseate
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rosy, optimistic
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rote
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memorized
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runic
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mysterious, like a rune
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sanguinary
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bloody
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sartorial
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pertaining to tailors
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scintilla
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shred, last bit
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scuttle
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to sink, as in a ship
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seamy
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sordid or unwholesome
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secrete
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to hide away, also to produce or release
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sedulous
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diligent, assiduous
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sententious
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terse, concise
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sidereal
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relating to the stars
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skinflint
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stingy person
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skulduggery
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dishonest behavior
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sleight
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dexterity (sleight of hand)
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solecism
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grammatical error
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solicitous
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worried, concerned
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solvent
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able to pay debts
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somatic
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pertaining to the body
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somnabulist
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sleepwalker
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somnolent
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half asleep
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spate
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sudden flood
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stentorian
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extrememely loud
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stint
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supply, alloted amount
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stolid
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dull, impassive
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strident
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loud and harsh, insistent
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subaltern
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subordinate
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suborn
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persuade to act unlawfully
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substantive
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essential
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subsume
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include, encompass
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superannuated
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retired or disqualified because of age
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supererogatory
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superfluous
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supernumerary
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extra person or thing
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sybarite
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lover of luxury
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sylvan
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pertaining to woods, rustic
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tangential
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peripheral, digressing
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tantamount
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equivalent in effect or value
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taper
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candle
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tautalogical
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needlessly repetitious
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teetotalism
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total abstinence from alchohol
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temporize
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to avoid committing oneself
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tendentious
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showing marked tendency, bias
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tensile
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capable of being stretched
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testator
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maker of a will
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timorous
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fearful
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tipple
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to go drinking
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tonsure
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shaving of the head, esp. religious orders
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traduce
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expose to slander
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travesty
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comical parody
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trenchant
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astutely perceptive
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troth
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pledge of good faith
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truculence
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aggressiveness, ferocity
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turpitude
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depravity
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tutelary
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protective, pertaining to guardianship
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umbrage
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resentment, anger
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unction
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act of anoiting with oil
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unctuous
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oily, bland, insincerel suave
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unfledged
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immature
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unprepossessing
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unattractive
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untoward
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unfortunate or unlucky
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unwonted
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unaccustomed
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uxorious
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excessively devoted to one's wife
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vagary
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caprice, whim
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vainglorious
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boastful, conceited
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valedictory
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pertaining to farewell
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vaunted
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boasted, bragged about
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venal
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capable of being bribed
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veracious
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truthful
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verisimilar
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probable or likely; having the appearance of truth
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vicissitude
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change of fortune
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vintner
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winemaker
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viscid
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adhesive, gluey
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vitiate
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to make ineffectual
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vitreous
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pertaining to or resembling glass
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vivisection
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act of dissecting living animals
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waggish
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mischevious, humorous
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wastrel
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profligate
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welter
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turmoil, jumble; also to wallow
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yeoman
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man owning small estate, middle-class farmer
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zephyr
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gentle breeze, west wind
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obliquity
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immorality, dishonesty
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hedge
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to state with qualification
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ungainly
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awkward, clumsy
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nefarious
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extremely wicked or villainous
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compose
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to bring to a state of calm
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repugnance
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strong dislike or aversion
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splenetic
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irritable, peevish, spiteful
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boggle
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to overwhelm or bewilder
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hidebound
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narrow or rigid in opinion; focussed on the past
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raucous
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harsh, strident, disorderly
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high-handed
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condescending or presumptuous; overbearing, arbitrary
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vouchsafe
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to grant or allow by favor or condescension; to condescend
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gamely
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in a spirited manner, with courage
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crestfallen
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dejected, dispirited, discouraged
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annotate
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to make notes on
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masthead
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the credits page of a newspaper or magazine
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temerity
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reckless boldness; rashness
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impanel
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to enter into a panel, as a juror's name
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luminary
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person of eminence and inspiration to others
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last
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a form of a foot on which is shaped a shoe
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fastidious
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excessively particular
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carom
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rebound of a ball
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juggernaut
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something which elicits total and destructive devotion
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cosmonaut
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Russian or Soviet astronaut
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philistine
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lacking in or hostile to culture
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precipitate
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to hasten the occurrence of; to plunge headlong; to cast or fling abruptly
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fervid
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heated or vehement in spirit, burning or intensely hot
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Sardonic
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mordant, biting, scornful
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perfidy
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breach of faith or trust, treachery
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prognosticate
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to foretell, presage
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