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40 Cards in this Set
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corrigible
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capable of being set right, correctable, reparable
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countenance
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to approve or tolerate
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cozen
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to decieve, beguile, hoodwink
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craven
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contemptibly fainthearted, pusillanimous, lacking any courage
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crescendo
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gradual increase in intensity, particulary in music
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culpable
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deserving blame
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daunt
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to intimidate or dismay
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deleterious
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injurious, harmful
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denigrate
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blacken, belittle, sully, defame, disparage
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denouement
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an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot
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deprecate
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to disparage or belittle
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depredate
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to plunder, pillage, ravage or destroy; to exploit in a predatory manner
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desuetude
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disuse
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desultory
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random; thoughtless;marked by lack of plan or purpose
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detraction
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slandering, verbal attack, aspersion
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die
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tool used for shaping
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diffident
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reserved, shy, unassuming; lacking in self-confidence
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dilatory
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causing delay, procrastinating
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din
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loud sustained noise
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dirge
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mournful song or poem for the dead
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discomfit
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to defeat, put down
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disparage
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to slight or belittle
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disparate
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fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
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dissolution
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disintegration, looseness in morals
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distrait
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distracted; absent-minded, especially due to anxiety
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doggerel
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trivial, poorly constructed verse
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dulcet
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melodious, harmonious, mellifluous
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dupe
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one who is decieved
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edifying
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enlightening, informative
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efficacy
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the ability to produce an intended result
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effrontery
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extreme boldness; presumtuousness
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egress
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exit
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encomium
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glowing and enthusiastic praise; panegyric, tribute, eulogy
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epicure
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one devoted to sensual pleasure, particularly in food and drinking; gourmand, sybarite
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epithet
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disparaging word or phrase
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epitome
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embodiment; quitessence
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equanimity
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composure; selfposession
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equable
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level; not able to be easily disturbed
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equivocate
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to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
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errant
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traveling, itinerant, peripatetic
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