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50 Cards in this Set
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abscond
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to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
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adversity
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hardship or difficult; opposition
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aggravate
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to worsen or intensify
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arduous
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strennous; taxing; requiring significant effort
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belie
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to give a false impression of; to misrepresent
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bombast
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self-important or pompus speach or writing
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cacophony
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harsh, jarring, disconrdant sound; dissonance
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castigation
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severe criticism or punishment
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censure
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to criticize severly; to officially rebuke
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chicanery
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trickery or subterfuge
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coercive
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serving or intended to compel by force or authority
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condemn
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to blame or denounce
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conspire
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to secretly work togther with the intent to commit a wrong or illegal act
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covert
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hidden;clandestine
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cower
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shrink in fear;cringe
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craven
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contemptibly fainthearted, lacking any courage
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denigrate
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to blacken; to belittle; to sully; to defame; to disparge
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denounce
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to publicly condemn or criticize
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derision
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scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment
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diatribe
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a harsh denunciation
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discomfit
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to defeat; to put down
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disingenuous
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insincere; lacking in honesty or frankness
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dissemble
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to disguise or conceal; to mislead
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exacerbate
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to make worse or more severe; to increase in violence
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fraud
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deliberate deceit with the goal of gaining an unlawful advantage
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furtive
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marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious
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garrulous
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pointlessly talkative; talking too much
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harangue
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to deliver a pmpous speach or tirade
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impudent
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saucy; impertinent; bold and disrespectful
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inopportune
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ill-timed; unsuitable; inappropriate
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irascible
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easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
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malevolent
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having or showing often vicious ill-will, spite, or hatred
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martial
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associated with war and the armed forces
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misanthrope
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one who hates all other humans
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morose
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sad;sullen;melancholy
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obdurate
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unyielding;hardhearted;intractable
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obsequious
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exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
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obstinate
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stubborn;hardhearted; uncompromising
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oncerous
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troubling; burdensome
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opprobrium
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disgrace;contempt;scorn
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pedantic
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the parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules
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perjury
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the purposeful giving of false or misleading testimony while under oath
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provoke
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to incite anger, resentment, or exasperation
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recalcitrant
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obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
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secrete
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to ensconce, conceal, or stow
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specious
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seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive
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spurious
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lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
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squander
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to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
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tirade
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a long and extremly critical speech; a harsh denunciation
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vexation
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annoyance or irritation
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