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160 Cards in this Set
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Abjure
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Disavow, renounce upon oath
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abrogate
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abolish
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Abscond
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to depart secretly and hide
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acclivity
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sharp upslope of a hill
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accretion
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growth
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acme
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peak
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acrophobia
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fear of heights
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actuate
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motivate
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acumen
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mental sharpness
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adjuration
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solemn urging
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adjutant
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assistant to the commander
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adroit
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skillful
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adventitious
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accidental
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aegis
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shield
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aerie
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nest of an eagle
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affidavit
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written statement made under oath
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alimentary
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supplying nourishment
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alluvial
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silt deposits
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analgesic
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causes insensitivity to pain
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anathema
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solemn curse
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animus
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hostile feeling
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animadversion
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critical remark
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annuity
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yearly allowance
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anodyne
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painkiller
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antediluvian
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antiquated
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aphasia
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loss of speech from illness
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apiary
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where bees are kept
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aplomb
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poise
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apogee
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highest point
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apothegm
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proverb
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apotheosis
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god-like ideal
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aquiline
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hooked
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arcade
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covered pathway
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argot
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slang
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arraign
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indict
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array
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draw up in order
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arrears
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being in debt
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arroyo
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gully
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aspersion
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slanderous remark
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aspirant
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seeker of status
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atavism
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resembling the prototype
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augury
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omen
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aver
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declare
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avocation
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secondary occupation, hobby
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awl
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pointed tool for piercing
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badinage
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teasing conversation
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balk
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to foil
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bedizen
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gaudy dress
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benison
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blessing
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betoken
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indicate
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blowhard
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person who boasts
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brindled
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streaky with spots
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brook
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tolerate
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bugaboo
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something harmless that causes fear
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cabal
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secret group of people protecting their own interests
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cadge
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beg
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callow
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inexperienced
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calumny
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slander
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canard
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fabricated story
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canon
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religious rule
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cadge
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beg
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callow
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inexperienced
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calumny
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slander
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canard
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fabricated story
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canon
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religious rule
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chary
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sparing
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churlish
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rude
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cipher
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worthless person or thing
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decollete
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low-cut neckline
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chary
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sparing
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demagogue
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person who appeals to the people's prejudices, false leader
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churlish
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rude
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cipher
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worthless person or thing
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decollete
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low-cut neckline
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demagogue
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person who appeals to the people's prejudices, false leader
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demur
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hesitate
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descry
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barely glimpse
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despoil
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strip of valuables
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desuetude
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state of disuse
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diaphanous
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sheer
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dinghy
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small deployable boat
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disabuse
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correct a wrong impression
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discomfit
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defeat
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inchoate
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just started
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inveigh
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denounce
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invidious
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created to cause bad feelings
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itinerant
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traveling wanderer
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jingoist
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extremely militaristic
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jurisprudence
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the science of the law
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laconic
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terse
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lancet
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scalpel
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lascivious
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lustful
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lassitude
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weariness
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legerdemain
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slight of hand
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lexicographer
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dictionary writer
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lilliputian
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extremely petite
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lineaments
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facial features
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list
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tilt
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martinet
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militaristic
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obstreperous
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noisy
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odium
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hatefulness
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officious
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pushy salesman
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opprobrium
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vilification
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ostensible
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pretended
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overweening
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arrogant
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pan
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criticize harshly
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panacea
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miracle drug
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paroxysm
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fit of laughter... fit of pain... fit of rage
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parsimony
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stinginess
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pastiche
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sampling a style
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pan
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criticize harshly
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panacea
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miracle drug
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paroxysm
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fit of laughter... fit of pain... fit of rage
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parsimony
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stinginess
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pastiche
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sampling a style
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patina
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bronze turning green
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patois
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local dialect
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peccadillo
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slight offense
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patina
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bronze turning green
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prevaricate
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lie
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probity
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incorruptibility
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patois
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local dialect
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peccadillo
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slight offense
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prevaricate
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lie
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probity
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incorruptibility
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profligate
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wildly immoral
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propinquity
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kinship
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propitiate
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appease
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provender
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dry fodder
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prurient
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causes lustful thoughts
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puerile
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childish
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pulchritude
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beauty
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quisling
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traitor who aids invaders, Arnold Benedict
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quixotic
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impractically idealistic
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quotidian
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everyday
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ratiocination
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drawing conclusions from premises
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recidivism
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constantly criminal
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recondite
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secret
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refectory
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dining hall
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refulgent
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shining brightly
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requiem
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dirge
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suborn
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cox into criminality
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subsume
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encompass
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succor
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comfort
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supernumerary
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extra
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sybarite
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luxury lover
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syllogism
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deceptive argument with major premise, minor premise and conclusion
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tacit
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understood
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tautological
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needlessly repetitive
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torpor
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sluggishness
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tyro
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beginner
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vanguard
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forerunners
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venal
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capable of veing bribed
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venial
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trivial
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viand
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food
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voluble
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talkative
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vulpine
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crafty
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waggish
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humorous
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welter
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wallow, turmoil
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zephyr
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gentle breeze
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