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35 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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strenuous; 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 pompous writing or speech
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Cacophony
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harsh; jarring, discordant 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 severely; 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 together with the intent to commit a wrong or illegal act
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covert
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hidden; clandentine
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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 pompous speech 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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associate 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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