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25 Cards in this Set
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placate
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to appease or pacify
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shard
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fragment, generally of pottery
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verbose
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wordy
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volition
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free choice, free will; act of choosing
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compendium
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brief, comprehensive summary
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malign
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having an evil disposition toward others
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noisome
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putrid, fetid, noxious
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noisome
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make shiny by rubbing; polish
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burnish
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full of curves; twisting and turning
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sinuous
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full of curves; twisting and turning
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codify
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to organize laws or rules into a systemic collection
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debilitate
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to enfeeble; to wear out
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pedantic
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emphasizing minute matters or form in scholarship or teaching
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propiate
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appease
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proscribe
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ostracize; banish; outlaw
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vitiate
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to pollute to impair
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repudiate
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disown; disavow
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soporific
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sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness
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intransigent
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uncompromising
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abeyance
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suspended action
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autonomous
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self-governing
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prolixity
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a diffuseness; a rambling and verbose quality
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propriety
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fitness; correct conduct
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efficacy
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worried concerned
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solicitous
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the power to produce the desired effect
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