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115 Cards in this Set
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audacious
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adj daring and fearless; recklessly bold
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authoritarian
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adj characterized by a preference for complete obedience to authority; domineering
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beneficent
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adj charitable and kind in action
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blithe
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adj carefree; merry
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brittle
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adj apt to break or crack due to a lack of elasticity; fragile
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burnish
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v to polish; to rub to a shine
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calibrate
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v to inspect, determine, or correct the graduations of an instrument by comparing it to a standard
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camouflage
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n a means of disguising people or things to make them blend in with their surroundings
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connoisseur
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n an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
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consternation
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n dismay; startling, distressing fear or shock that results in complete confusion
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convoluted
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adj complex or complicated
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cultivation
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n the act of preparing or working land in order to grow crops
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cultured
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adj possessing education, refinement and taste; polished
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cunning
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n shrewdness and craftiness; slyness
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cynicism
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n an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
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deference
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n a courteous and respectful yielding to the will of another
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dogmatic
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adj stubbornly opinionated
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effrontery
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n boldness; impudence; arrogance
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endemic
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adj restricted or peculiar to a particular region; indigenous
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epitome
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n embodiment; quintessence
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erudite
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adj very learned; scholarly
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extravagance
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n lavishness; an unnecessary or unrestrained spending, esp. of funds
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facetious
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adj playful; humorous
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fatuous
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adj silly; inanely foolish
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fidelity
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n faithfulness; loyalty
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implacable
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adj not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
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ingenuity
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n cleverness or inventiveness
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intemperance
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n excessive indulgence of appetite or passion, esp. in regard to alcohol; lack of constraint
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intrepid
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adj steadfast and courageous
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magnanimity
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n the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving
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membrane
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n a thin, flexible film of tissue of that covers or lines an organ
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meticulous
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adj characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
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perfunctory
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adj cursory; done without care or interest
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plasticity
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n pliability; malleability; flexibility
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porous
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adj full of tiny openings able to absorb fluid or gas; permeable
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pragmatic
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adj practical rather than idealistic
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presumptuous
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adj assuming an unauthorized right or responsibility; overly forward and arrogant
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pristine
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adj pure; uncorrupted; clean
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probity
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n adherence to the highest principles; uprightness
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prodigious
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adj abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary
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prudent
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adj wise and careful; showing good judgment
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rigidity
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n the quality or state of being unyielding or stiff
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slight
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adj small; lacking substance in degree, amount, or size
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solicitous
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adj concerned and attentive; eager
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somber
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adj dark and depressing; mournful
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superficial
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adj lacking depth; existing on or near the surface
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synthetic
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adj man-made; artificial; relating to or involving the combination of parts to make a whole
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tortuous
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adj winding; twisting; excessively complicated
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tractable
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adj docile; obedient; easily led
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treacherous
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adj lacking faithfulness or loyalty; traitorous; unstable
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unfeigned
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adj genuine; not false or hypocritical
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unfettered
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adj not tied down; unrestrained
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warranted
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adj called for; authorized; justified
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runic
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adj mysterious; magical
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sagacious
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adj having sound judgment; perceptive; wise
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salacious
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adj obscene
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salient
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adj prominent; protruding; conspicuous; relevant
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sanctimony
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n self-righteousness
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sanguine
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adj cheerful; confident; optimistic
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satiate
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v to surfeit; to overindulge
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saturnine
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adj gloomy; dark; sullen; morose
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seine
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n a large net dragged to catch fish
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seminal
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adj like a seed; constituting a source; originative
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sententious
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adj aphoristic or moralistic; epigrammatic; tending to moralize excessively
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sidereal
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adj astral; relating to stars or constellations
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simper
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v/n to smirk; a silly smile
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sinecure
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n position requiring little or no work and usually providing an income
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sinuous
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adj winding; undulating; serpentine
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slake
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v to satisfy or quench
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sodden
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adj soaked or drenched; unimaginative; dull
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solder
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v to weld, fuse, or join
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sophistry
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n fallacious reasoning; faulty logic
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sophomoric
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adj self-assured through immature; affected; bombastic; lacking maturity
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splenetic
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adj bad-tempered; irritable
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stanch
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v to stop the flow or a fluid
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stentorian
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adj extremely loud and powerful
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stint
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v to restrain; to be sparing or frugal
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striated
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adj striped; grooved; banded
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stygian
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adj gloomy; dark
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succor
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n assistance; relief in time of distress
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sundry
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adj various; miscellaneous; separate
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supercilious
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adj disdainful; arrogant; haughty
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supine
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adj mentally or morally slack; literally, lying on one's back; prone
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suppliant
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adj supplicant; asking humbly; beseeching
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supplicant
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n beggar, mendicant
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tamp
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v to plug; to drive in or down by a series of blows
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tautology
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n a repetition; a redundancy
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tawdry
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adj cheap; guady; showy; tacky; meretricious
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tendentious
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adj biased; showing marked tendencies
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timorous
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adj timid; fearful; diffident
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toady
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n sycophant; flatterer
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torrid
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adj scorching; ardent; passionate
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travesty
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n mockery; caricature; parody
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tumid
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adj swollen
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turbid
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adj roiled; muddy; clouded to the point of being opaque
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turgid
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adj swollen; tumid; thick; pompous; bombastic
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turpitude
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n depravity; prurience
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tyro
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n novice; greenhorn; rank amateur
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umbrage
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n offense; resentment; pique
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undulate
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v to move in wavelike fashion; to fluctuate
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untoward
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adj perverse; unruly; unseemly
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upbraid
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v to scold; to censure; to rebuke; to chastise
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usury
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n the practice of charging an exorbitant or illegal rate of interest
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vaunt
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v to brag or boast
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venal
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adj capable of being bought or bribed; mercenary; purchasable
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venerate
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v to revere; to worship
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verisimilitude
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n appearance of truth or reality
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veritable
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adj authentic; honest-to-goodness
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virago
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n a loud, domineering woman; a scold or nag
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vitiate
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v to pervert; to debase; to spoil; to make ineffective
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volubility
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n fluency; verbosity; easy use of spoken language
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waft
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v to cause to move as if by a light breeze
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welter
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v to writhe; to toss about; to be in turmoil
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wend
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v to go; to proceed; to walk
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salutary
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adj wholesome; causing improvement; favorable to health
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