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124 Cards in this Set
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amortize
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pay off a debt in installments
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abrogate
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cancel, repeal
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plaudit
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statement giving strong praise
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obdurate
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stubborn
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lachrymose
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tearful, sad
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crepuscular
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active at dawn and dusk
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laconic
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brief
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obsequious
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servile
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tendentious
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promoting controversial P.O.V.
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voluble
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excessively talkative
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mellifluous
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sweet, musical
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paucity
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scarcity
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avouch
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affirm, assert
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clement
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mild
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hidebound
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rigid
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largess
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generosity
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officious
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meddlesome
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tractable
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obedient, polite, easily led
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euphony
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pleasant sounds
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execrable
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very bad
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capacious
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spacious
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turpitude
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depravity
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tyro
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novice
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celerity
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speed
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panacea
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remedy for all ills
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dilettante
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one who dabbles in a subject
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choleric
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easily angered
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martinent
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someone who believes in strict discipline
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mendacious
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given to lying
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inimical
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hostile
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specious
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false
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pellucid
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transparently clear
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punctilious
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paying attention to small details
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spurious
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false
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pusillanimous
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cowardly
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peremptory
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in a commanding manner
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perfidy
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treachery
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concatenate
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link together
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peripatetic
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nomadic
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invidious
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arousing envy
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germane
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relevant
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munificent
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generous, charitable
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perspicacious
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wise, insightful
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effusive
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gushing, demonstrative
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expatiate
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speak or write at great length
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hackneyed
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unoriginal
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prosaic
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commonplace
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attenuate
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weaken
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desultory
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lacking enthusiasm
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proscribe
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prohibit
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lionize
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treat someone as a celebrity
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assay
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examine
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cloture
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closure
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apposite
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fitting, suitable
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maculated
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spotted
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sedulous
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thorough
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nostrum
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remedy
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quotidian
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daily
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epaulet
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shoulder decoration
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picayune
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insignificant, of little value
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jingoistic
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patriotic, nationalistic
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sybarite
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lover of luxury
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gustatory
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concerned with sense of taste
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abjure
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renounce
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meretricious
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falsely attractive
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caret
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punctuation mark signifying omission
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hortatory
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exhorting
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recumbent
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lying down
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encomium
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praise
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minatory
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threatening
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nugatory
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minor, futile
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sinecure
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job pays salary but doesn't require effort
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anodized
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coated with thin metal layer
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commensurate
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equal in significance
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probity
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honesty
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dissolute
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debauched, unrestrained by morality
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sidereal
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of or related to the stars
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natty
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neat, dapper, smart
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refulgent
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glowing, radiant
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vituperate
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attack bitterly
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froward
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disobedient
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cadge
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get by begging
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suborn
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bribe
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tendentious
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dogmatic, biased
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abcission
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cutting
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toady
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syncophant, flatterer
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asperity
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using harsh or critical tone
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blowhard
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boastful person
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labile
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changing rapidly, unstable
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gaucherie
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awkwardness
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vicissitude
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unexpected change in future circumstances
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vitiate
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weaken
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rebus
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puzzle with pictures as clues
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sere
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old
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vulpine
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like a fox
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epigram
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short witty saying
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dross
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something worthless
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expiate
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atone
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enervate
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weaken
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unprepossessing
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unnattractive
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scotch
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to stop
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atavism
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reappearance of ancestral traits, regression
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propitiate
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appease
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quixotic
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impractically idealistic
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adumbrate
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outline, indicate
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inequity
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inequality
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parity
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equality
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abnegate
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renounce, reject
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obstreperous
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noisy and difficult to control
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sagacious
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wise
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fatuous
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silly
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recalcitrant
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stubborn
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ignominy
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shame
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jocose
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playful
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upshot
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outcome
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putative
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reputed to be
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preponderant
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predominant
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punctiliousness
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great attention to correctness
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temerity
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excessive boldness
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stolid
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resistant to change
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senescence
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changing of biology as an organism ages
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solecism
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grammatical mistake or absurdity
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treacly
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overly sentimental
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ellipsis
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error
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