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25 Cards in this Set
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divest
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(v.) to strip or deprive of
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extant
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(adj.) in existence
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tractable
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(adj.) docile
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noisome
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(adj.) noxious
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propitiate
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(v.) to win over
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assuage
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(v.) to make less severe
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burnish
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(v.) to polish
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odious
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(adj.) hateful, contemptible
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refractory
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(adj.) obstinately resistant
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intransigent
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(adj.) uncompromising
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laconic
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(adj.) using few words
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voluble
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(adj.) talkative
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polemic
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(n./adj.) controversy, argument
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aver
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(v.) to declare to be true
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placate
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(v.) to pacify
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sedulous
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(adj.) persevering
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insular
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(adj.) isolated
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agronomy
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(n.) soil management and crop production
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equivocal
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(adj.) ambiguous
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perfidious
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(adj.) faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy
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irascible
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(adj.) easily angered
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curmudgeon
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(n.) cranky person
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epicure
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(n.) person with refined taste in food and wine
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prevaricate
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(v.) to lie, evade the truth
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veracity
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(n.) accuracy, truth
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