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40 Cards in this Set
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abscond
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v to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
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arduous
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adj strenuous, taxing, requiring significant effort
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belie
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v to give a false impression of, to misrepresent
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bombastic
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adj pompous; grandiloquent
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castigation
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n severe criticism/punishment
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censure
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v to criticize severely; to officially rebuke
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chicanery
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n trickery/subterfuge
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craven
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adj contemptibly fainthearted, pusillanimous, lacking any courage
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denigrate
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v blacken, belittle, sully, defame, disparage
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derision
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n score, ridicule, contemptuous treatment
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diatribe
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n a harsh denunciation
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discomfit
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v to defeat, put down
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dissemble
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v to disguise/conceal; to mislead
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furtive
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adj marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious
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garrulous
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adj pointlessly talkative, talking too much
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harangue
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v to deliver a loud, pompous speech or tirade
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impudent
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adj shamelessly bold; insolent; impertinent
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irascible
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adj easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
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malevolent
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adj having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
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martial
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adj associated with war and the armed forces
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misanthrope
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n one who hates humankind
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morose
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adj sad, sullen, melancholy
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obdurate
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adj unyielding, hardhearted, inflexible
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obsequious
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adj exhibiting a fawning attentiveness; subservient
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onerous
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adj troubling, burdensome
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opprobrium
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n disgrace, contempt, scorn
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pedantic
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adj ostentatious display of learning, excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules, unimaginative
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recalcitrant
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adj obstinately defiant of authority or guidance, difficult to manage
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specious
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adj seeming true, but actually false, misleadingly attractive
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spurious
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adj lacking authenticity or validity, false, counterfeit
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tirade
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n a long and extremely critical speech, harsh denunciation
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vexation
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n annoyance, irritation
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acarpous
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adj effect; no longer fertile; worn out
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asseverate
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v to aver; to allege; to assert
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bilge
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n bulge; the protuberance of a cask
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cachinnate
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v to laugh loudly
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cadge
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v to sponge/mooch
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caparison
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v to adorn or bedizen
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captious
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adj calculated to confuse/entrap in argument; hypercritical; caviling
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cavil
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v to find fault without good reason
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