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121 Cards in this Set
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ablution
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act of cleansing
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abnegate
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deny, renounce
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abrogate
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abolish by athourity
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adumbrate
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to sketch, outline
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amortize
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diminish by installment payments
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antediluvian
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prehistoric
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aplomb
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poise
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apostate
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one who renounces a religious faith
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apothegm
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short, instructive saying
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beatific
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saintly
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benison
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blessing
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banal
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lacking originality, boring
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bilious
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easily irritated
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bonhomie
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good-natured geniality
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calumny
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slander
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canard
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a lie
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carom
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to strike and rebound
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comeliness
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physical grace and beauty
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compunctious
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feeling guilty
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congenial
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similar in tastes and habits
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contumacious
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rebellious
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cosset
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to pamper
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declivity
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downward slope
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descry
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to discover or reveal
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dictum
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authoritative statement, popular saying
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distaff
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the female branch of a family
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doughty
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courageous
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effulgent
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brilliantly shining
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encomium
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warm praise
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ersatz
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fake
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evince
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to show clearly
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expatiate
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to wander, discuss at length
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expiate
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to atone for
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fey
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doomed
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foliate
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sprout leaves
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fulminate
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explode with anger
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fulsome
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excessive, overdone
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gainsay
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to deny
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gauche
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crude, awkward
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glib
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offhand, casual
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harangue
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pompous speech
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hermetic
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tightly sealed
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ilk
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type or kind
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inculcate
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to teach
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indigent
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very poor
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ingress
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entrance
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internecine
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deadly to both sides
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inure
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to accustom
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invidious
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offensive
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jibe
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to shift suddenly from one side to the other
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kismet
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fate
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lambaste
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disapprove angrily
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lapidary
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relating to precious stones
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legerdemain
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trickery (sleight of hand)
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libidinous
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lustful
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limpid
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clear and simple in style
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liniment
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medicinal liquid used to ease pain
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lionize
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to treat as a celebrity
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lissome
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easily flexed, limber, agile
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malapropism
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humorous misuse of a word
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martinet
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strict disciplinarian
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maudlin
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overly sentimental
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mawkish
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sickeningly sentimental
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mendacious
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dishonest
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mendicant
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beggar
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minatory
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menacing
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mordacious
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caustic
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nadir
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lowest point
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neologism
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new word or expression
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noisome
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stinking, putrid
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numismatics
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coin collecting
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obfuscate
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to confuse
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obstreperous
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troublesome
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ouster
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expulsion
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paean
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song of praise or thanksgiving
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panegyric
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elaborate praise
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pastiche
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piece of literature imitating other works
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peccadillo
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minor offense
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peculation
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theft
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perspicacious
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shrewd, astute
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plangent
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resounding; plaintive
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polemic
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controversy
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prescient
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having foresight
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probity
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honesty, high-mindedness
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prolix
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tedious, wordy
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promulgate
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to make known publicly
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prurient
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lustful
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pusillanimous
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cowardly
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querulous
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inclined to complain
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rapacious
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greedy, predatory
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rapprochement
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reestablishing a cordial relationship
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recalcitrant
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resisting authority
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recidivism
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tendency to repeat previous behavior
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recondite
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relating to obscure learning
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recreant
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disloyal, cowardly
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renitent
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obstinate
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restive
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restless, uneasy
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riposte
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a retort
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sacrosanct
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extremely sacred
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salacious
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lustful
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salubrious
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healthful
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sanguine
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ruddy, cheerfully optimistic
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scurrilous
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vulgar
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simper
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smirk, smile foolishly
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sinecure
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well paying job that requires little work
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solecism
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grammatical mistake
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solipsism
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belief that the self is the only reality
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sophist
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person good at arguing deviously
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stentorian
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extremely loud
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supercilious
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arrogant
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tableau
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vivid description, incident
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temerity
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recklessness
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threnody
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sad poem or song
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trammel
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to impede or hamper
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trenchant
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incisive, forceful
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truculent
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savage, ready to fight
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turpitude
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inherent vileness, depravity
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tyro
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beginner
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umbrage
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offense
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vitiate
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reduce in value
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voluble
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talkative, glib
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