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167 Cards in this Set
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harangue
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criticize/criticism
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mercurial
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changing quickly
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audacious
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bold
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capricious
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changing quickly
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renitent
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stubborn
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dither
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hesitate
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preciptate
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act quickly
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canny
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smart/learned
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pellucid
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easy to understand
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tyro
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innocent/inexperienced
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erudite
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smart/learned
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obloquy
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criticize/criticism
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iniquity
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carousal
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inscrutable
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difficult to understand
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perspicacious
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smart/learned
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aspersion
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criticize/criticism
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ribald
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carousal
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excoriate
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criticize/criticism
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depraved
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carousal
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turbid
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difficult to understand
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objurgate
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criticize/criticism
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fealty
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truth
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ersatz
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falsehood
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mordacious
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biting (as in wit)
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insidious
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harmfum
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enervate
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weaken
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canard
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falsehood
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indubitable
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truth
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mordant
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biting (as in wit)
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encomium
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praise
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baleful
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harmful
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accolade
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praise
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minatory
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harmful
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prosaic
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boring
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adulterate
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weaken
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stultify
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weaken
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churlish
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hostile
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recalcitrant
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stubborn
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vitiate
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weaken
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irascible
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hostile
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mainstay
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assist
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munificent
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assist
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inexorable
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stubborn
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intransigent
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stubborn
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inchoate
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beginning/young
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contenance
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assist
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callow
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beginning/young
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acrimonious
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biting (as in wit)
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craven
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timid/timidity
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recreant
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timid/timidity
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diffident
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timid/timidity
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opprobrium
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criticize/criticism
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pusillanious
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timid/timidity
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quotidian
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boring
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hackneyed
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boring
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clement
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generous/kind
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munificent
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generous/kind
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recondite
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difficult to understand
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largess
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generous/kind
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pithy
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terse
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penurious
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greedy
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rapacious
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greedy
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prolix
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overblown/wordy
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turgid
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overblown/wordy
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dogmatic
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dictatorial
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compendious
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terse
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venal
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greedy
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unstiting
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generous
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dilettante
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beginner/amateur
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odium
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hatred
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rancor
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hatred
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curmudgeon
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hostile
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peremptory
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dictatorial
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periphrastic
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overblown/wordy
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languid
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lazy/sluggish
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proselyte
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beginner/amateur
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quiescent
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lazy/sluggish
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propitiate
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pacify/satisfy
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expiate
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forgive
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palliate
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forgive
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impecunious
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poor
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esurient
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poor
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indigent
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poor
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ardor/ardent
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favoring/not impartial
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doctrinaire
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favoring/not impartial
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fervid
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favoring/not impartial
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spartan
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denying of self
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ancillary
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assist
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abnegate
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denying of self
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stalwart
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assist
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slake
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pacify/satisfy
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phlegmatic
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lazy/sluggish
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indolent
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lazy/sluggish
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peripatetic
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walking about
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fulsome
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insincere
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riposte
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funny
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itinerant
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walking about
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fetter
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prevent/obstruct
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discomfit
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prevent/obstruct
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raillery
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funny
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threnody
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sorrow
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plaintive
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sorrow
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rebarbative
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disgusting/offensive
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invidious
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disgusting/offensive
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moribund
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death/mourning
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macabre
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death/mourning
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decamp
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withdrawel/retreat
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renege
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withdrawel/retreat
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abjure
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withdrawel/retreat
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recuduvusn
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withdrawel/retreat
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obsequies
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death/mourning
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factitious
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copy
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tantamount
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equal
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iconoclast
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unusual
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discursive
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wandering
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peregrination
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wandering
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forage
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wandering
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sojourn
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wandering
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trenchant
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biting (as in wit)
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aperture
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gaps/opening
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interstice
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gaps/opening
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respite
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gaps/opening
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salubrious
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healthy
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salutary
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healthy
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epigram
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wisdom
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bromide
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wisdom
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sententious
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wisdom
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apothegm
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wisdom
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filial
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family
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gyrate
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not a straight line
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carom
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not a straight line
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fratricide
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family
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descry
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investigate
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eon
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time/order/duration
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bilious
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bad mood
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dudgeon
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bad mood
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umbrage
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bad mood
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abet
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assist
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baleful
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heardhearted
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foible
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embarass
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intractable
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stubborn
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expiate
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embarass
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gaucherie
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embarass
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rue
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embarass
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martinet
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bag
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vituperation
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hardhearted
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compunction
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embarass
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enjoin
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nag
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augur
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predict
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adventitious
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luck
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kismet
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luck
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propitiate
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luck
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portentous
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luck
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fey
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predict
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prognosticate
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predict
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presage
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predict
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fetid
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nasty
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noisome
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nasty
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assonance
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harsh-sounding
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strident
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harsh-sounding
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euphonious
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pleasant-sounding
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turpitude
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carousal
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inimical
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harmful
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licentious
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carousal
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incipient
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beginning/young
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stultify
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weaken
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engender
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beginning/young
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