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205 Cards in this Set
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temerity
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boldness
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stint
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to set limits
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propitious
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auspicious
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ebullient
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overflowing with excitement
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encomium
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warm or glowing praise
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tautology
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redundancy
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suppliant
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asking humbly
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imperiousness
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arrogance/overbearingness
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evince
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to show clearly
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stanch
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stop flow of fluid
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vitiate
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make ineffective
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contemn
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scorn/despise
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stentorian
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loud and powerful
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sententious
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full of maxims/proverbs
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proscribe
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ostracise
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platitude
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banal statement
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impetuous
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sudden energy/impulsive
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plaintive
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mournful
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timorous
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fearful
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debacle
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sudden disaster
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effrontery
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boldness
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specious
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illogical
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regale
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delight/entertain/feast
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inured
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accustomed to
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blandishment
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flattery/enticement
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pernicious
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deadly
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accretion
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growth
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quotidian
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daily/commonplace
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pedestrain
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commonplace
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consternation
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sudden confusion/amazement
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exsert
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push/thrust
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petulant
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impatient/irritable
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turbid
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muddy
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saturnine
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gloomy/dark
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erudite
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learned
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diaphanous
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transparent
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epitome
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representative/typical example
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squalid
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foul/filthy
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quiescent
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dormant
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recreancy
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cowardice
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misanthrope
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hates mankind
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misogynist
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hates women
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castigate
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correct by punishing
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gainsay
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deny
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pungency
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sharpness/stinging quality
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approbation
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approval
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refractory
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stubborn
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contentious
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competitive
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antipathy
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dislike
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hapless
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unlucky
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countenance
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(n)face
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desiccate
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dry up
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harrow
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create stress
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pellucid
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easy to understand
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pariah
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outcast
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taciturn
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untalkative/silent
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pique
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resentment at being slighted
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pillory
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punish/public scorn
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adamant
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inflexible/hard/unyielding
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pillory
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punish/public scorn
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adamant
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hard/inflexible/unyielding
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multifarious
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diversified
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torpor
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lethargy
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imprecation
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invocation of evil
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hirsute
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hairy/shaggy
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tenacity
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persistency
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apostate
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one who abandons religious/political conviction
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tenacity
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persistency
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apostate
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one who abandons religious/political convictions
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lachrymose
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causing tears
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welter
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turmoil
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discomfit
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defeat
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laconic
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brief/to the point
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venal
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corruptible
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ossify
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turn to bone/become close-minded
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disingenuous
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sophisticated/cunning
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tractable
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easily influenced
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craven
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cowardly
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picaresque
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involving adventurers/clever rogues
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sedulous
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diligent/devoted
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aver
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affirm
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intrepid
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fearless
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salient
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relevant/prominent
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morose
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gloomy
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reaffish
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vulgar
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loquacious
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talkative
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piquant
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pungent/stimulating
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equipoise
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equilibrium
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abysmal
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abyss-like
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tawdry
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cheap
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dross
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waste product/worthless
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insouciant
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unconcerned/carefree
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volubility
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fluency/easy use of language
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dulcet
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melodious
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mellifluous
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sweet flowing words
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consequential
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pompous/self important
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malinger
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fake illness/injury to shrink a duty
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paucity
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scarcity
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striated
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striped
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seminal
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seed/source
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attenuate
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make thin/enervate
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enervate
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weaken
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consequential
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pompous/self important
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partisan
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biased
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equivocate
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lie/mislead
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assiduous
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diligent
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anachronism
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something out of place for its time
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lassitude
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weariness
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phlegmatic
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calm/unemotional
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sycophant
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flatterer/suck up
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perfunctory
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superficial
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transient
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temporary
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qualify
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to limit
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nascent
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come to existance
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quixotic
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too chivalrous and romantic/ impractical
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reprobate
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one hardened in sin devoid of decency
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libertine
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immoral person
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obstreperous
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noisy/loud
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contumacious
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rebellious
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mettlesome
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courageous
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cadge
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to beg
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supine
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lying on back/slow to act/ passive
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cadge
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to beg
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impute
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to attribute to a cause
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feckless
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lacking purpose
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truculence
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aggressiveness
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garrulity
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talkativeness
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beatify
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saintly
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forbearance
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patience
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veritable
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true
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arrant
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in every way
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stolid
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impassive
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dissemble
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false appearance
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desuetude
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disuse
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indefatigability
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tirelessness
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desuetude
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disuse
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dilatory
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procrastinating
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quaff
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drink large quantities
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intractable
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stubborn/unruly
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delineate
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to portray
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ascetic
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self-denial/stark
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fervid
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intense
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burgeon
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grow forth
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anomalous
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unexpected
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lugubrious
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mournful
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baleful
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harmful
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blithe
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cheerful
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provident
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frugal/looking to the future
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dogmatic
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positive/certain/no discussion
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strut
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supporting bar
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felicitous
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suitably expressed
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implacable
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unpleasable
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guileless
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honest
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vituperate
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attack verbally
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diffidence
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shyness
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sophistry
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faulty logic
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fulminate
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berate/thunder out
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assay
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an analysis
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hallow
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to make holy
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disabuse
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to undeceive
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inveigle
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led astray
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perfidious
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treacherous/dishonest
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connundrum
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dilemma
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denouement
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outcome/solution
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edacious
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voracious/devouring
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expostulate
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argue to correct/protest
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auspice
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protection
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punctilious
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precise
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salutary
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causing improvements
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imbroglio
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difficult/embarrassing situations
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wend
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proceed
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nostrum
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a quack remedy
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personable
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attractive
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salacious
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obscene
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exscind
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to cut out/away
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sublime
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lofty/noble
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urbane
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elegant/refined
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tyro
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novice/amateur
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upbraid
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reprove
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effete
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infertile/weak
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obdurate
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stubborn/adamant
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mince
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pronounce affectedly
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umbrage
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offense
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extirpate
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to destroy
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forswear
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renounce
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ignoble
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dishonorable
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ostensible
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seeming professed
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overweening
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arrogant/jerk
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lucubrate
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write in scholarly fashion
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bellicose
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belligerent/warlike
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impetuous
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impulsive/forceful
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cabal
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scheme/plot
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irresolute
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unresolved
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apprise
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give notice
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pusillanimous
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cowardly
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polemical
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controversial
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poignant
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physically painful/distressing
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engender
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produce
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equanimity
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calmness of temperament
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demur
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hesitate/raise objections
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inimitable
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defying imitation
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inveterate
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deep-rooted/habitual
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remonstrate
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to protest
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sanguine
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cheerful/optimistic
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verisimilitude
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apearing true
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