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18 Cards in this Set
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Aver
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To declare to be true, affirm
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Repudiate
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To reject as having no authority
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Guile
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Trickery, deception
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Ameliorate
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To make better, improve
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Turpitude
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Inherent baseness, depravity
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Anachronism / Anachronistic
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Something chronologically inappropriate
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Commensurate
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proportional
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Propriate
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To win over, appease
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Adulterate
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To corrupt or make impure
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Sanction
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Permission; support; law; penalty
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Vindictive
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Spiteful, vengeful, unforgiving
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Eulogy
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High praise, often in public
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Specious
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Having a false apperance of truth, showy
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Culpability
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Guilt, responsibility for wrong
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Mitigate / Mitigation
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To soften or make milder
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Proximity
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Nearness
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Profundity
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Depth (usually depth of thought)
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Diffident / Diffidence
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Shy, lacking confidence
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