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37 Cards in this Set
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vociferous
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loud; outspoken
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distend
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to expand or extend greatly
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ebullient
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eager; enthusiastic
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doff
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to take off, especially clothing
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quiescent
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to grow quiet; calm
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mollycoddle
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to pamper; to spoil someone with kind treatment
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nonplus
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to baffle; to confuse
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fulminate
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to denounce harshly
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macerate
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to soften by soaking
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puissant
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powerful
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tendentious
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argumentative
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scotch
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to put an end to; to injure
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perorate
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to speak formally
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pluck
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spirit; courage
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aspersion
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an insult; slander; defamation
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extirpate
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to rip out; to uproot; to destroy
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simper
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to smile foolishly
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interregnum
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the period between two successive governments
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lope
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to run at a steady, easy pace
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deluge
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a flood
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complaisant
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eager to please
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agog
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eager; excited
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aver
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to assert; to state as true
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lassitude
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exhaustion; weakness
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perquisite
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a "perk"; something extra on top of a regular salary; a claimed right
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numismatist
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a coin collector
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nostrum
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a quack remedy
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heterodoxy
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unconventional wisdom
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fusillade
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a rapid outburst, as of gunfire
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adumbrate
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to sketch; to outline; to give a hint of things to come
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captious
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critical; fault-finding
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bilk
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to cheat
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foppish
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overly dressed
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penury
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extreme poverty
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descry
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to perceive something, especially something hard to see; to discern
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misanthrope
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someone who hates mankind
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homeopathy
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a system of natural healing
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