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146 Cards in this Set
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aberrant
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abnormal or deviant
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abeyance
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suspended action
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abscission
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cutting off
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abstemious
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sparing in eating or drinking
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accede
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agree
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acclivity
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sharp upslope of a hill
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accoutre
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equip
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accretion
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growth, increase
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acerbity
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bitterness of speech or conduct
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acrophobia
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fear of heights
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actuarial
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calculating
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actuate
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motivate
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adjuration
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solemn urging
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adjutant
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assistant
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aegis
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shield, defense
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aerie
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nest of bird of prey
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aggregate
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gather, accumulate
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alacrity
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cheerful promptness, eagerness
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alimentary
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supplying nourishment
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amity
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friendship
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ancillary
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aid or accessory
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animadversion
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critical remark
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animus
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hostile feeling or intent
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anneal
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reduce brittleness and improve toughness
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anodyne
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drug that relieves pain
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antecede
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precede
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anthropoid
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manlike
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apiary
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home for bees
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apothegm
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short pithy saying
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apposite
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appropriate
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appurtenences
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subordinate possessions
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arable
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fit for growing crops
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argot
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slang
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arroyo
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gully
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artless
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without guile
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assay
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analyze, evaluate
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assidious
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dilligent
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astral
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having to do with stars
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atavism
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resemblance to remote ancestors, a throwback
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attenuate
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to make thin or weaken
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attrition
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gradual decrease in numbers
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aureole
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sun's corona, a halo
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badinage
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cheerful banter
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baleful
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deadly
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benison
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blessing
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betoken
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signify, indicate
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bilious
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irritable, suffering from indigestion
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biviouac
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temporary encampment
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blandishment
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flattery
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bowdlerize
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expurgate, purge
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brackish
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slightly saline
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brindled
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tawny or grayish with streaks or spots
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buffet
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slap, batter, knock about
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bugaboo
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object of baseless terror
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canard
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unfounded rumor
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cant
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insincere expressions of piety
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callow
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youthful, immature
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calorific
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heat-producing
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capacious
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spacious
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captious
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faultfinding
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carapace
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shell of an animal, ie. turtle
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carillion
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bells capable of being played
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carping
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petty criticism
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cavil
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to make frivolous objections
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celerity
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speed
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censorious
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critical
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cerebration
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thought
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chaff
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worthless product of an endeavor
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chary
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cautious
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chasten
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discipline, punish
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chimerical
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fantastically improbable
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chisel
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to cheat or swindle
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clangor
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loud, resounding noise
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cloying
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sickeningly sweet
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coda
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concluding section of a musical composition
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coeval
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existing at the same time
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comity
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civility, courtesy
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concatenate
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to link together as a chain
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concomitant
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that which accompanies
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condign
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appropriately severe
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connubial
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conjugal, having to do with marriage
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consanguinity
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kinship
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contumacious
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disobedient, resisting authority
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coterie
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group that meets socially, select circle
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craven
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cowardly
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craven
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cowardly
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cynosure
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object of general attention
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debonair
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friendly, aiming to please
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deciduous
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falling off, as leaves
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declivity
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sharp downslope of a hill
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default
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failure to act
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demagogue
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person who appeals to prejudice
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demotic
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pertaining to the people
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demur
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object, hesitate
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denizen
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inhabitatn, resident
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depredation
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plundering, destruction
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descry
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catch sight of
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desultory
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aimless, haphazard
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dialectical
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relating to the art of debate
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diffuse
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wordy, rambling
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dilatory
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delaying, dilly-dallying
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disabuse
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to make right, correct a false impression
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disgorge
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surrender something
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disingenuous
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unnaive, sophisticated
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disport
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amuse
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disquisition
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formal systematic inquiry
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doctrinaire
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unable to compromise about points of doctrine
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dyspeptic
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suffering from indigestion
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effete
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worn-out
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effluvium
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noxious smell
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egregious
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notorious, conspicuously bad
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emendation
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correction of errors
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encomiastic
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praising, eulogistic
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encomium
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high praise
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endemic
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prevailing among a specific group
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enervate
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weaken
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enjoin
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command, forbid, order
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epaulet
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ornament worn on shoulder
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errant
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wandering
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eugenic
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pertaining to improvement of race
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evanescent
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fleeting, vanishing
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exchequer
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treasury
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exculpate
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exonerate
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execrable
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very bad
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execrate
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curse, express abhorrence for
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exegesis
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explanation, especially of biblical passages
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expatiate
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talk at length
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extirpate
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root up, provoke
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factious
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inclined to form factions
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fatuous
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foolish, inane
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febrile
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feverish
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fell
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cruel, deadly
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fetid
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malodorous
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fiat
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command
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flout
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reject, mock
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foment
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stir-up, investigate
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fractious
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unruly
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fructify
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bear fruit
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fulminate
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thunder, explode
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fulsome
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disgustingly excessive
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gambit
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opening in chess wherein a piece is sacrificed
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germane
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pertinent
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gouge
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overcharge
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grandiloquent
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pompous, bombastic
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harangue
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long, passionate speech
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guy
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cable or chain attached to something that needs to be braced or steadied
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