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120 Cards in this Set
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Abash
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Humiliate, Embarrass
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abeyance
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postponement
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Abstemious
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moderate
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admonish
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warn gently
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aegis
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that which protects. "under the aegis of missle defense system"
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aggregate
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total collected into one body, mass
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alacrity
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swiftness
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anathema
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curse, accursed
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antipodal
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exactly opposite
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approbation
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approval
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artless
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naive, simple, crude
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assiduous
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hard working
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auspicious
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favorable
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austere
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harsh Spartan
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avarice
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greed
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bellicose
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warlike
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bucolic
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rustic, rural life
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cachet
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prestige
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callow
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inexperienced, immature
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censure
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condemn
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chary
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cautious
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coda
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concluding passage (concluding part) that makes the whoele satisfactory
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commiserate
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empathize
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compensatory
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redeeming, make up for
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credence
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belief
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demur
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take exception to a proposed course of action, to object, n. hesitate
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desiccate
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dehydrate
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desultory
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without direction in life
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didactic
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instructional, having the qualities of a teacher or instructor. "the didactic book"
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diffident
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shy, reserved, unassertive
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disabuse
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correct a misconception
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discrete
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seperate
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discretion
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prudence
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disparate
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various
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divest
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strip, deprive
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eclectic
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from many sources
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effloresce
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to bloom
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endemic
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peculiar to a particular region
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enervate
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weaken
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engender
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generate, produce
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ennui
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boredom
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esthetic
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artistic
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evanescent
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fleeting, very brief
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extemporize
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improvise, to do something extemporaneously (spur of the moment)
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filibuster
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long speech
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filibuster
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long speech
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fulminate
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denounce, to send forth censures invectives, to utter condemnations
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furtive
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stealthy
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gainsay
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contradict
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germane
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relevant
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halcyon
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serene
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harry
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harass
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histrionic
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overly dramatic
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impecunious
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having very little money
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impolitic
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unwise
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incorrigible
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unreformable
corrigible=repairable |
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indigent
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impoverished, totally lacking in something specified.
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indolent
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lazy
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ineffable
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inexpressible
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inimical
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adverse, hostile
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insidious
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treacherous
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insipid
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flat, dull
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internecine
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mutually destructive
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intrepid
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characterized by fearlessness, fortitude, endurance
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inure
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accustom, habituate, harden
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invective
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verbal insult
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inveigle
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lure
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laconic
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brief, terse to the point of being rude
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lassitude
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lethargy
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levity
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frivolity
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malinger
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shirk
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mitigate
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lessen the severity
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nadir
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low point
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neologism
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newly coined expression
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nonplus
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a state in which no more can be done, perplexity, confounded
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obtuse
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stupid, blunt
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obviate
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make unneccessary
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onerous
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burdensome
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opprobrium
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something that brings disgrace, the disgrace that follows some conduct
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paean
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a song of praise
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paragon
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standard of excellence
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parsimonious
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stingy
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penury
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poverty
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pernicious
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destructive
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perspicacious
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keen
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phlegmatic
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sluggish
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piquant
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tart-tasting, spicy
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pithy
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concise
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polemic
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a controversy, attack on or refutation of the principles of another
Polemical=controversial, disputatious |
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precipitate
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cause
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probity
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integrity, uprightness, having highest moral standards
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prodigal
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wasteful
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prodigious
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marvelous, enormous
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prosaic
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uninspired, flat, everyday, ordinary
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proscribe
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prohibit
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protuberance
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bulge
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pundit
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learned expert or teacher
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querulous
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complaining, fretful, whining, "a querulous voice"
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quixotic
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impractical, romantic
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raconteur
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story teller
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recalcitrant
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stubborn
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redoubtable
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formidable, steadfast
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refractory
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obstinate
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repudiate
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disavow
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reticent
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reserved, reluctant
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sedulous
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diligent
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solicitous
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considerate, concerned
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solvent
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financially sound
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stolid
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impassive, incapable of being excited or moved
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supercillious
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arrogant
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surfeit
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overabundance
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temerity
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boldness
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torpid
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lethargic, inactive
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tractable
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docile, manageable
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trenchant
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incisive, penetrating
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truculant
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fierce, savage
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ubiquitous
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omnipresent, pervasive
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untoward
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perverse
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virulent
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deadly, poisonous
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vituperative
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abusive
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