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31 Cards in this Set
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exemplar
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typical specimen
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exhort
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to incite/motivate or make urgent appeals
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exigent
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urgent
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exonerate
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to remove blame
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expatiate
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to discuss or write about at length
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expiate
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to atone for
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expurgate
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to purify/censor
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extant
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not destroyed or lost
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extemporaneous
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improvised
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extirpate
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to destroy, exterminate, cut out, pull out by roots
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facetious
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playful
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fallacy
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mistaken belief
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fallow
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untilled, dormant
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fatuous
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silly, inanely foolish
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fawn
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to flatter excessively
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feckless
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ineffectual, irresponsible
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felicitous
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apt; suitably expressed
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fell
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barren/stony hill; an animal's hide
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fervent
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zealous
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fetid
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stinking
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fetter
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to restrain
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filibuster
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intentional obstruction
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filigree
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an ornamental work
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flag
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to sag or droop; to become spiritless; to decline
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flip
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sarcastic
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impertinent
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sarcastic
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florid
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flushed with color; ornate
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flout
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to demonstrate contempt for
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foment
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to incite/rouse
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forbearance
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patience
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ford
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to wade across the shallow part of a steam
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