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35 Cards in this Set
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abjure
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to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid
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adumbrate
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"to foreshadow vaguely or intimate; to suggest or outline sketchily; to obscure or overshadow
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anathema
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a solemn or ecclesiastical curse; accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing
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anodyne
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"soothing, something that assuages or allays pain or comforts"
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apostate
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one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
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apotheosis
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"deification, glorification to godliness, a model of excellence or perfection"
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asperity
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"severity, rigor; roughness, harshness"
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asseverate
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"to aver, allege, assery
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assiduous
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"diligent, hard-working, sedulous
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augury
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"omen, portent"
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bellicose
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"belligerent, pugnacious, warlike"
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calumniate
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"to slander, make false accusation"
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captious
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"disposed to point out trivial faults, calculated to confuse or entrap in argument
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cavil
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"to find fault without good reason
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chimera
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an illusion
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contumacious
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"insubordinate, rebellious
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descry
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"to discriminate or discern
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desuetude
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"disuse
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desultory
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random; aimless; marked by lack of plan or purpose
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diaphanous
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"transparent, gauzy"
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diffident
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"reserved, shy, unassuming; lacking in self-confidence"
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excoriate
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"to censure scathingly, to upbraid
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execrate
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"denounce, feel loathing for, curse, declare evil
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exegesis
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"critical examination, explication"
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expiate
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"to atone or make amends for
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extirpate
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"to destroy, exterminate, cut out, exscind
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gainsay
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"to deny, dispute, contradict, oppose
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heterodox
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"unorthodox, heretical, iconoclastic"
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imbroglio
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difficult or embarassing situation
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indefatigable
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"not easily exhaustible; tireless, dogged
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ineluctable
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"certain, inevitable
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inimitable
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"one of a kind, peerless
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insouciant
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"unconcerned, carefree, heedless
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inveterate
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"deep rooted, ingrained, habitual"
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jejune
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"vapid, uninteresting, nugatory; childish, immature, puerile
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