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142 Cards in this Set
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suborn
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bribe or induce to commit a crime
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unprepossessing
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ugly
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florid
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flushed OR excessively intricate
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redoubtable
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formidable
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torrid
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hot/dry
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aspersion
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attack on someone's reputation
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belied
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hid, covered the truth
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periphrastic
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indirect, circuitous
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plaudit
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praise, applause
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execrate
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swear, express loathing
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desultory
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lacking plan/purpose, occurring randomly
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ponderous
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deep OR slow and clumsy
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pusillanimity
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timidity
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pulchritude
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beauty
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lassitude
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weariness
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circumspect
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wary, worried, calculating
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aboveboard
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honest, open
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fulsome
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flattering OR abundant
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perspicacious
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perceptive
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staid
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sedate, respectable, unadventurous
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inscrutable
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impossible to understand
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contrite
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penitent, affected by guilt
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tyro
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newbie
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propinquity
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closeness or kinship
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noisome
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smelly OR disagreeable OR harmful
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salutary
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beneficial
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diurnal
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daily or pertaining to the daytime
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inerrant
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incapable of being wrong
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senescent
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deteriorating with age
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immure
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confine against one's will
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meretricious
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gaudy, with apparent but no real value
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intransigent
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obstinate
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traduce
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spread lies in order to harm a reputation
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fractious
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unruly or bad tempered
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attenuate
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reduce the force of
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abjure
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officially renounce
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abnegate
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reject something desired or valuable
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accession
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acquisition of rank or power
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adduce
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cite as evidence
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beatitude
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blessedness
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bedlam
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an asylum OR confusion
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bight
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a curve (usu. in a coastline)
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calumny
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slander
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came
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metal separations in stained glass
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cantonment
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military camp
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nostrum
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an (ineffectual) remedy
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preponderate
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be greater in number or influence
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heuristic
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"hands-on" learning
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etiolated
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pale, drawn out, feeble
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peregrine
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wander (esp. between countries)
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peroration
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speak at length
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approbation
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approval
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enervate
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weaken
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fulminate
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denounce or protest
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perfidy
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breach of faith, treacherousness
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precipitate (a)
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hurried
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prevaricate
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equivocate
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truculent
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fierce, eager to fight
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chary
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wary, cautious
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demur
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to question, oppose OR refuse
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impecunious
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poor
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inveigle
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obtain by deception
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penurious
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thrifty, miserly
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quaff
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drink deeply
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torpid
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lethargic, sluggish
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saturnine
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gloomy
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usury
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illegally lending money at high interest
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mendacity
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lying (NOT same as mendicant)
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gull
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fool, deceive
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vitiate
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weaken, spoil or destroy
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liniment
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soothing lotion
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ignominious
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shameful
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execrable
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extremely bad
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turpitude
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depravity
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unctuous
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oily OR using excessive flattery
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palisade
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post fence
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panacea
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cure-all
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dilatory
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slow (esp. in work)
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indolence
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laziness
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parity
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equality
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martinet
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believer in discipline
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parsimony
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stinginess
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crepuscular
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active at dawn and dusk
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epicure
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connoisseur of food and drink
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cadge
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obtain by begging
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doff
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remove (usu. clothing)
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plaintive
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mournful
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tendentious
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biased
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tenuous
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uncertain, weak, slight
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labile
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changing rapidly, unstable
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sedulous
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persevering, eager
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vicissitude
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unexpected change in fortune
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recondite
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abstruse, profound, secret
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propitiate
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appease
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welter
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turmoil, bewildering jumble
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invective (n)
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abuse
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officious
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meddlesome
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gouge
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overcharge
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diffidence
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shyness
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refractory (a)
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stubborn, unmanageable
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abate
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subside OR moderate
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stint (v)
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to be thrifty OR to set limits
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ingenuous
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trusting, gullible, naive
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phlegmatic
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calm
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probity
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incorruptibility, uprightness
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vituperative
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abusive
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ingénue
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naive person
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venal
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corrupt, bribe-prone
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venial
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minor, unimportant
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stevedore
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dock worker
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peripatetic
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nomadic
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conflagration
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big fire
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recapitulate
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summarize
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petulant
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sulky, peevish
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redolent
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smelling of
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sybarite
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lover of luxury
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sere
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withered, old
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blandish
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coax OR flatter
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augury
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prediction
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repine
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fret, be discontented
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stygian
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dark
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encomium
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praise
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interregnum
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period between governments
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sinecure
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job which pays a salary but costs little effort
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natty
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neat, dapper, smart
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sidereal
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related to stars
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froward
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wayward, disobedient
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palpate
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to examine with the hands
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expiate
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atone
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cant
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insincere talk
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descry
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catch sight of
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wag
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witty person
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atavism
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regression
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stanch
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to stop (careful of stanch/staunch)
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tamp
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pack (e.g. gunpowder)
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somatic
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concerned with the body
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hawser
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thick rope
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maculated
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spotted
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quisling
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traitor
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amortize
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pay a debt in installments
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teetotalism
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abstaining from alcohol
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sinistral
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left handed, counterclockwise
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