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135 Cards in this Set
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Salve
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Ointment causing healing
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Equanimity
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Calm in stressful situations
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Dour
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Sterm or gloomy in outlook
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Agronomist
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Science of soil management
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effusive
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expressing gratitude
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Prosiac
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commonplace
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serpentine
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touruous, twisted, resembling a snake
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thewy
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muscular strength
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sinewy
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tough tissue
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flocculent
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resembling tufts of wool
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fidelity
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faithfulness
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opulence
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great wealth
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detrimental
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causing harm
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culpable
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deserving of blame
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diminution
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reduction in size/strength
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chargin
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distressed at failure/humility
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recompense
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to pay back, make amend, reunite
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glid
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thinly covered in gold
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fastidious
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attentive
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ardous
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tough, difficult
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cache
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to store
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rescind
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to take back
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economize
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to save money
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piquant
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striking, provacative
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earnest
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serious and sincere
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recreant
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cowardly
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unweidly
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burdonsome
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obstreptous
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defiant
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chasm
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a gaping hole or interuption
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row
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a fight or dispute
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sumptuous
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luxurious
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magnanimity
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generosity
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antithetical
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opposite
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liminal
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on the fence, occupying two positions
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buffeting
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to strike against
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discretion
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being careful
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capitulate
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to give up, surrender
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circuitious
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indirect
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portent
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a warning sign
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cogitation
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thoughtful consideration
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filial
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relating to family
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solace
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consolation
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obfuscate
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to make unclear
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punctilious
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finicky or fussy
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belied
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disguise or co
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revile
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hate or despise
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delineate
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represent or portray
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dehumanitize
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depraved of positive human qualities
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chastened
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have a restraining or moderate effect on
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cerebral
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intellectual over emotional
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borne
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carried or transported
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dandle
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carried up and down in a playful manner, pampered
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temperate
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moderate and self-restrained
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calamitous
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disasterous
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contrive
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bring about in a smart or foolish way
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divisively
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tending to cause disagreement
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pertinaciously
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firmly holding onto a opinion
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parochially
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relating to church or having a limit and narrow scope
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provincially
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esurient
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hungry or greedy
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insolent
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misbehaving, not agreeable
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indigent
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poor or needy
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paeans
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song of praise
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frivolous
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carefree not serious
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disinclined
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unreluctant or unwilling
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incipient
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beginning stages
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pander
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gratify or indulge
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vaunt
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boost about or praise
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insolvent
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unable to pay
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impute
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represent as being done or possessed by someone
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recant
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take back a statement or opinion
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pervasive
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spread widely through a group
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adamantine
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unbreakable
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gossamer
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fine spun, thin and cobweb like
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frangible
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fraile and weak
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austere
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rigorous or severe
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denouncement
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public degree or ending
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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modish
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conformist, following what is fashionable or enjoyable
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ennui
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feeling or listlessness or not having satisfaction
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enmity
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being opposed to something
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acrimony
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bitterness or ill feeling
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defunctq
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no longer existing
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extant
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still existing
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recursive
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tending to repeat or reoccur
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actuate
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cause to occur in a particular way
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preclude
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prevent from happening
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inelectable
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unable to be resisted or avoided
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inveigh
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speak or write about with great hostility
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extol
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praise enthusiastically
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levied
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impose a fine or tax
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assiduity
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constant or close attention to whatever youre doing
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dispassionate
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rationale and impartial, not expressing emotion
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redound
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contribute greatly to
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macerating
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SOFTEN or become soften by soaking in a liquid
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somber
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dark or dull, gloomy
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postliminary
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follow on or happening after
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superveneing
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ensuing, occurring after
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ineffable
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to great to be described in words
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exorbitant
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unreasonably high
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incontestable
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not able to be disputed
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maladoit
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ineffective or bungling
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disconsolate
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very sad or inconsolable
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inveterate
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habitual
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halcyon
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prosperous, calm, peaceful
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scotched
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ended
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germane
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relevant or pertinent
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perquisite
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exclusive right or benefit
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bane
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something that causes a problem or misery
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conflagration
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large fire
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windfall
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unexpected good fortune
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peruse
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to examine
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nefarious
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wicked or villanous
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feckless
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incompotent or lazy
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nugatory
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trifling, ineffective
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exacting
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demanding
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inscrutable
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mysterious
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squalid
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foul or dirty
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mephitic
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foul or offensive smelling
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feigned
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pretend, invented or made up
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argot
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specialized set of vocab used by a group
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eulogistically
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in a praising way
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extempore
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on the spr of a moment, off the cuff
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theistic
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believing that one g-d rules humans and the world
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ecumenical
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friendly relation btw religions
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salvational
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deliverance from suffering and sin
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exigenous
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small, scantly, inadequate
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truculent
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aggressive
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recalcitrant
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resisting authority or control
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bellicose
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aggressive or hostile
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fealty
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allegiance or faithfulness
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flagitious
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wicked or evil
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insouciant
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unconcerned or light hearted
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flippent
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disrepspectful or not serious
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pleonastic
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using more words than are necessary
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