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75 Cards in this Set
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BALK
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to refuse, shirk; prevent
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BENISON
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blessing
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CAJOLE
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to flatter, coax, persuade
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CALUMNY
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false and malicious accusation, misrepresentation, slander
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CAROM
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to strike and rebound
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CAVALCADE
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a procession
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CHATTEL
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piece of personal property
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CISTERN
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tank of rainwater
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COFFER
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strongbox, large chest for money
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COMPUNCTIOUS
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feeling guilty or having misgivings
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CONGENIAL
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similar in tastes and habits
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CONTENTIOUS
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quarrelsome, disagreeable, belligerent
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CONTUMACIOUS
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rebellious, fractious
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CORRUGATE
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to mold in shape with parallel grooves and ridges
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COSSET
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to pamper, treat with great care
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COTERIE
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small group of persons with similar purpose
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CURMUDGEON
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cranky person
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DELUGE
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flood
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DEMAGOGUE
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leader or rabble-rouser who usually uses appeals to emotion or prejudice
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DENIGRATE
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to slur or blacken someone's reputation; calumny
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DESCRY
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to discover or reveal
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DIAPHANOUS
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allowing light to show through; delicate
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DILUVIAL
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relating to flood
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DISCOMFIT
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to cause perplexity and embarrassment
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DISTAFF
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the female branch of a family
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DITHER
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to move or act confusedly or whithout clear purpose
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DOCTRINAIRE
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rigidly devoted to theories
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DOUGHTY
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courageous
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DROLL
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amusing in a wry, subtle way
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DYSPEPTIC
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suffering from indigestion; gloomy and irritable
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EBULLIENT
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exhilarated, full of enthusiasm and high spirits
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EFFLUVIA
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outpouring of gases or vapors
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EGREGARIOUS
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conspicuously bad
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ENCOMOIUM
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warm praise
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EVINCE
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to show clearly, display, signify
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EXPIATE
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to atone for, make amends for
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EXPURGATE
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to censor
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EXTEMPORANEOUS
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unrehearsed, on the spur of the moment
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EXTRAPOLATE
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to estimate
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FACETIOUS
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witty in an inappropriate way
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FEALTY
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intense loyalty
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FEY
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doomed
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FILCH
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to steal
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FILIAL
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appropriate for a child
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FLACCID
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limp, flabby, weak
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FOLIATE
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to grow, sprout leaves
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FORSWEAR
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to repudiate, renounce, disclaim, reject
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FRACTIOUS
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unrully, rebellious, contumacious
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FULMINATE
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to explode with anger
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FULSOME
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excessive, overdone, sickeningly abundant
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GAINSAY
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to deny
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GAMBOL
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to dance or skup around playfully
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GIBE
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to make heckling, taunting remarks
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GLIB
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fluent in an insincere manner; offhand, casual
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GNOSTIC
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having to do with knowledge
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GRATUITOUS
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free, voluntary; unnecessary and unjustified
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GUSTATORY
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relating to sense of taste
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HEGEMONY
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leadership, domination, usually by a country
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HERMETIC
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tightly sealed
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HOARY
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very old; whitish or gray from age
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HUSBAND
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to farm; manage carefully and thriftily
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IGNOMINIOUS
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disgraceful and dishonourable
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ILK
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type or kind
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IMBUE
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to infuse; dye; wet, moisten
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IMPECUNIOUS
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poor, having no money
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IMPOLITIC
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unwise
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IMPUGN
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to call into question, attack verbally
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INCULCATE
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to teach; impress in the mind
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INDIGENT
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very poor
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INDOLENT
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habitually lazy, idle
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INGRATIATE
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to bring oneself purposely into another's good graces
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INGRESS
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entrance
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INSUPERABLE
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unsurmountable, unconquerable
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INTERDICT
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to forbid, prohibit
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INTERNECINE
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deadly to both sides
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