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20 Cards in this Set
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perspicuity
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clearness of statement
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trenchant
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incisive or keen (cutting wit)
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reproachful
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blame, express fault
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venerated
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to respect, revere
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remonstrance
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act of objecting, protecting
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erudition
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knowledge from study
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augmented
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make greater in size
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dissuading
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deter a person
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pilfering
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to steal
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emphatic
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utter with emphasis
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exonerated
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free from blame
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sagaciously
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sharp and sensical
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trepidation
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fear, alarm
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transfixed
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to fix fast, to pierce
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felicitous
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appropriate
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remunerative
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merriting reward
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capricious
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unpredictable
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appalled
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fill with dismay
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ignominiously
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discreditable, humiliating
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sanguinary
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bloody
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