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41 Cards in this Set
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aspersion
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-damaging remark
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calumny
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-to slander
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castiage
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-to punish
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defamanation
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-slander
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denounce
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-put blame on
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deride/derisive
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-mock, scorn
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diatribe
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-abusive speech
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disparage
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-mock, demean
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exoriate
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to blame
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harangue
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-scold
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impugn
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attack, challange as false
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inveigh
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protest
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objurgate
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condemning
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obloquy
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blame
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rebuke
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-reprimand
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remonstrate
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-argue
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reprehend
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-blame
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revile
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-abusive speech
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vituperate
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-abusive language
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bereave
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-to take away
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defunct
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no longer in use
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elegy
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-funeral song
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knell
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mournful sound
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macabre
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-ghasty, gruesome
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obsequies
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funeral ceremony
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sepulchral
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tomb, burial
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abnegate
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to deny one's self
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ascetic
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leading a plain life
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stoic
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-without passion
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temperate
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moderate
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despotic
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-aboslute ruler
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hegemonic/hegemony
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-influence over
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imperious
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-arrogent, dictoral
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peremptory
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-dictoral
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facsimile
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-perfect copy
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factitious
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-artifical
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paradigm
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-an example
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quintessence
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-perfect copy
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vicarious
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-recieved in place of another
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derision
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-scorn, ridicule
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orison
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-a prayer
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