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44 Cards in this Set
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odious
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hateful
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ablution
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washing
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proviso
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stipulation
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tenebrous
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gloomy
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animadversion
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a critical remark
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bumptious
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self-assertive
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capacious
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spacious
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pugilist
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boxer
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effluvium
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noxious smell
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sobriquet (n)
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nickname
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cognomen
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family name
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stolid
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dull
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dotage
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senility
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perfidious
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basely false
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abnegate
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to deny or renounce; to surrender
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obstreperous
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noisily and stubbornly defiant
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recalcitrant
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stubbornly resistant to treatment
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moribund
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about to die
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rectitude
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righteousness
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turpitude
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depravity
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genuflect
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bending down on one knee; servile
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promulgate
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to officially announce
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pellucid
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transparent
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attrition
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reduction
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specious
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plausible but false
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misfeasance
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wrongdoing
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execrate (v)
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to abhor
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accouter (v)
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to furnish with equipment
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contumacious
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obstinate
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fitful
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irregular
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refractory
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unresponsive
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nugatory
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trivial
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sententious
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given to pompous moralizing
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impresario
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showman
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purulent
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containing pus
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pneumatic
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operated by air
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temerity
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fearless daring
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putative
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reputed to be that which is not
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deliberate
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careful
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disinter (v)
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to dig up
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vitiate
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to spoil
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pique (v)
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to annoy
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spurn
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to reject
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hale (adj)
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healthy
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