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115 Cards in this Set
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ABBERANT
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deviating from the norm
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ABSCOND
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to depart secretly
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ABSTEMIOUS:
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abstains from certain pleasures. ANTONYM: INDULGENT
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ADULTERATE
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to corrupt or make impure
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AGGRANDIZE
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to make larger or greater in power
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AMELIORATE
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improve
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ANACHRONISM
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something choronologically inapporpriate
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ANOMOLOUS
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deviating from the norm, irregular
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ANTIPATHY
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dislike, hostility, extreme opposition or aversion
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ASCETIC
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self-denying, absitent, austere
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AUDACIOUS
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bold, daring, fearless
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AVER
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to declare to be true, affirm
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BANALITY
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Trite, unoriginal, hackneyed
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BAWDY:
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racy or lewd.
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BLANDISHMENTS:
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Flattering remarks
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BURGEON
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to sprout of flourish
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BUTTRESS
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to reinforce or support
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CLOYING
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too sweet or excessively flattering
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COMMENSURATE
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proportional
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COMPLAISANCE
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disposition to please or comply
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CONTUMACIOUS
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stubbornly rebellious or disobedient
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CORNUCOPIA
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endless supply
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CORROBORATE
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to confirm or verify
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CULPABILITY
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guilt, responsibility
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DEARTH
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lack of something
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DECIMATE
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to reduce drastically, to destroy a large part of
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DEFER
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to show repect or politelness in a submissive way
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DESICCATE
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to dry completely, to dehydrate
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DIATRIBE
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bitter, harsh criticism
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DIFFIDENT
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shy, lacking confidence
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DIFFUSE
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widely spread out
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DIGRESSIVE
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to turn aside, to stray from the main point
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DISABUSE
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to free from error or misconception
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DISCRETE
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individually distinct, consisting of unconnected elements
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DISINTERESTED
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unbiased, not interested
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DISSEMBLE
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to pretend, disguise one's motives
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DOGMA
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rigidly fixed opinion
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EFFICACY
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effectiveness
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EMULATE
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to copy, imitate
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ENCOMIUM
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expression of high praise
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ENDEMIC
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belonging to a particular area, inherent
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ENERVATE
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to weaken, sap strength from
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ENIGMATIC
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a puzzle, something inexplicable
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EPHEMERAL
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very short-lived
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EQUIVOCAL
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Ambiguous
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ERUDIATE
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learned, scholarly
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ESPOUSE
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to support or advocate, to marry
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EUPHONY
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pleasing combination of sounds
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FAWN
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to flatter excessively, seek the favor of
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FEIGNED
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pretended
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FLORID
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gaudy, extremely ornate, ruddy, flushed
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FOSTER
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to nourish, cultivate, promote
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FRENETIC
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frantic, frenzied
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GARRULOUS
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very talkative
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GUILE
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trickery, deception
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HARANGUE
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a ranting writing or speech
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HERESY
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an act opposed to establish religious orthodoxy
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HIEROGLYPHIC
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pictorial character
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ICONOCLAST
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one who attacks traditional beliefs
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IMPERVIOUS
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impossible to penetrate, incapable of being affected
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IMPLACABLE
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inflexible, incapable of being pleased
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IMPUGN
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to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity
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INCHOATE
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imperfectly formaed or formulated
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INSIPID
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bland, lacking flavor, lacking excitement
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INTRANSIGENT:
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Unyielding.
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IRASCIBLE
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easily angered
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LACONIC
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one of few words
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LATENCY
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the condition of being present but hidden
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LAUDABLE
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deserving of praise
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LIBERTINE
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highly unrestrained
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LOQUACITY
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talkative
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LUCID
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clear and easily understood
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MAGNANIMITY
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generosity
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MALEVOLENT
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ill-willed, causing evil or harm to others
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MAWKISH:
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sickeningly sentimental.
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MISER
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person who is extremely stingy
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MITIGATE
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to soften or make milder
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MOLLIFY
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to calm or make less severe
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MUNDANE
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worldly, commonplace
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OBDURATE
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stubborn, unbending
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OBVIATE
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to make unnecessary, to anticipate and prevent
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OCCLUDE
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to shut, block
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PARSIMONY
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excessive frugality
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PAVACITY
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dearth
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PEDANT
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uninspired, boring academic
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PERENNIAL
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present througout the years, persistent
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PRAGMATIC
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practical, moved by facts rather than abstract ideals
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PRATE
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babble
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PRECARIOUS
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uncertain
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PRECIPITATE
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to cause to happen, to throw down from a height
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PRECURSOR
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forerunner, predecessor
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PREVARICATE
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to lie, evade the truth
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PRIDE
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group
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PROBITY
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honesty, high-mindedness
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PROFUNDITY
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depth
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PROPENSITY
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inclination, tendency
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PROPIATE
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to win over, appease
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PRUDENT
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careful, cautious
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QUIESCENCE
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inactivity, stillness
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RAREFY
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to make thinner or purer
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REPUDIATE
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to reject as having no authority
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SAGACIOUS
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wise
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SANCTION
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permission, support, law, penalty
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SPECIOUS
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having a false appearance of truth, showy
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SUCCINCT
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terse, brief, concise
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TRACTABLE
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obedient, yielding
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TRUNCATE:
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To shorten," usually by cutting something off.
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TURPITUDE
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inherent baseness, depravity, corrupt
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UNFETTERED
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free, unrestrained
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VENERATE:
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Esteem greatly, revere
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VINDICTIVE
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spiteful, vengeful, unforgiving
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VITUPERATIVE:
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verbally abusive.
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WHEEDLE
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to influence or entice by flattery
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ADIPOSE
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fatty
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ACERBIC
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sour or bitter in taste or manner
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