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151 Cards in this Set
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abdicate
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renounce; give up
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abeyance
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suspended action
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abjure
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renounce upon oath; disavow
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abnegation
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renunciation; self-sacrifice
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abrogate
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abolish
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abscission
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removal by cutting off, as in surgery; separation
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abut
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border upon; adjoin
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acclivity
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sharp upslope of a hill
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accoutre
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equip
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acetic
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vinegary
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acidulous
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slightly sour; sharp; caustic
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adjuration
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solemn urging
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adjutant
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staff officer assisting the commander; assistant
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ambulatory
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able to walk; not bedridden
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animadversion
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critical remark
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aplomb
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poise; assurance
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apposite
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appropriate; fitting
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apprise*
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inform
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appurtenances
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subordinate possessions
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arable
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fit for growing crops
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arbiter
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person with power to decide a matter in dispute; judge
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argot
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slang
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array
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marshal; draw up in order
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artless*
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without guile; open and honest
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ascendancy
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controlling influence
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aseptic
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preventing infection
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askance
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with a sideways or indirect look
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asperity
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sharpness (of temper)
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astringent
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binding; causing contraction
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attrition
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gradual decrease in numbers; reduction in the work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment
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atypical
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not normal
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augury
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omen; prophecy
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aureole
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sun's corona
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aver*
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assert confidently or declare; as used in law, state formally as a fact
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badinage
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teasing conversation
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bate
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let down; restrain
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bedizen
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dress with vulgar finery
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belabor
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explain or go over excessively or to a ridiculous degree; assail verbally
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beleaguer
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besiege or attack; harass
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bevy
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large group
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bilk
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swindle; cheat
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blandish
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cajole
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blithe
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carefree and unconcerned (perhaps foolishly so): cheerful and gay
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bluff
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rough but good-natured
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bowdlerize
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expurgate, purge
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brackish
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somewhat saline
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brocade
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rich, figured fabric
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bucolic
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rustic; pastoral
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burgeon*
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grow forth; send out buds
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burnish*
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make shiny by rubbing; polish
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cabal
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small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
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cadge
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beg; mooch; panhandle
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calumny
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malicious misrepresentation; slander
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canard
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false or unfounded story; fabricated report
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cant
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insincere expressions or piety; jargon of thieves
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caprice
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whim
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capricious*
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unpredictable; fickle
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captious
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faultfinding
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carafe
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glass water bottle; decanter
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carillon
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a set of bells capable of being played
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cavil
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make frivolous objections
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censure
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blame; criticize
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cessation
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stoppage
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cession
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yielding (something) to another; ceding
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chaff
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worthless products of an endeavor
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chaffing
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bantering; joking
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chagrin
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vexation (caused by humiliation or injured pride); disappointment
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chary
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cautious; sparing or restrained about giving
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chase
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ornament a metal surface by indenting
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chassis
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framework and working parts of an automobile
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chastened
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humbled; subdued; rebuked
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chicanery*
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trickery; deception
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chisel
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swindle or cheat; cut with a chisel
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choleric
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hot-tempered
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circumlocution
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unnecessarily wordy and indirect speech; evasive language
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circumscribe
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limit narrowly; confine or restrict; define
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circumspect
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prudent; cautious
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circumvent
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outwit; baffle
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clarion
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shrill, trumpetlike sound
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cloying
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distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental
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codicil
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supplement to the body of a will
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coeval
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living at the same time as; contemporary
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cogent*
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convincing
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cogitate
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think over
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cognitive
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having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental processes
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collation
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a light meal
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colloquy
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informal discussion
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collusion
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conspiring in a fraudulent scheme
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comity
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courtesy; civility
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commiserate
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feel or express pity or sympathy for
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compendium*
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brief, comprehensive summary
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comport
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bear one's self; behave
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concatenate
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link as in a chain
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concomitant
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that which accompanies
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condign
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appropriate; deserved (almost always in the sense of deservedly severe, as in condign punishment)
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congruence
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correspondence of parts; harmonious relationship
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connivance
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pretense of ignorance of something wrong; assistance; permission to offend
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conscript
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draftee; person forced into military service
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consequential
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pompous; self-important
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contiguous
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adjacent to; touching upon
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contingent
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group that makes up part of a gathering
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controvert
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oppose with arguments; attempt to refute; contradict
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contumacious
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disobedient; resisting authority
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converse
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opposite
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cornice
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projecting molding on building (usually above columns)
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coterie
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group that meets socially; select circle
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countenance
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approve; tolerate
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countermand
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cancel; revoke
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cozen
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cheat; hoodwink; swindle
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craven*
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cowardly
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cynosure
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object of general attention
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decollete
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having a low-cut neckline
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default*
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failure to act
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defection
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desertion
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defer
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delay till later; exempt temporarily
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deference*
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courteous regard for another's wish
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defray
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provide for the payment of
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deleterious
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harmful
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delusive
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deceptive; raising vain hopes
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delve
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dig; investigate
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demagogue
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person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader
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demur
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objection; protest
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demur
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object (because of doubts, scruples); hesitate
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denigrate*
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blacken
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depredation
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plundering
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derivative*
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unoriginal; obtained from another source
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descry
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catch sight of
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despoil
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strip of valuables; rob
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desultory*
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aimless; haphazard; digressing at random
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devolve
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be transferred to another; delegate to another; gradually worsen
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diaphanous
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sheer; transparent
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dictum
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authoritative and weighty statement; saying; maxim
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die
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device for stamping or impressing; mold
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diffuse*
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wordy; rambling; spread out (like a gas)
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dilatory
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tending to delay; intentionally delaying
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dilettante
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aimless follower of the arts; amateur; dabbler
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diminution
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lessening; reduction in size
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disabuse*
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correct a false statement
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discomfit
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put to rout; defeat utterly; also, to disconcert
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disengage
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uncouple; separate; disconnect
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disingenuous*
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lacking genuine candor; insincere
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disinterested*
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unprejudiced
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disport
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amuse
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disquisition
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a formal systematic inquiry; an explanation of the results of a formal inquiry
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dissemble*
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disguise; pretend
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dissimulate
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pretend; conceal by feigning
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distrait
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inattentive; distracted, often by anxiety
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doldrums
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blues; listlessness; slack period
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dormer
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window projecting from roof
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dowdy
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slovenly; untidy
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dross
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waste matter; worthless impurities
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