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131 Cards in this Set
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sagacious
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having sound judgement, wise
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salacious
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appealing to or causing sexual desire
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salient
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prominent, protruding
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salubrious
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promoting health, wellbeing
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Salutary
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remedial, salutary, causing improvement
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sanctimony
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self-righteousness, pretended piety
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sanction
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authoritative permission, penalty intended to enforce compliance
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sanguine
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cheerful, confident, optimistic
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sap
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to enervate, or to weaken the vitality of
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satiate
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overindulge, to satisfy to excess
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satire
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literary work that critisizes or ridicules human vice through humor or derision
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saturnine
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gloomy, dark, morose
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scurvy
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despicable, contemptable
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sedulous
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persistent, diligent
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seine
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a net used that is dragged to catch fish
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sere
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arid, withered
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seminal
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like a seed, originative
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shard
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piece of broken glass or pottery
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simper
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say s/t with silly coy smile, smirk
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sinecure
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a job requiring little or no work for pay
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singular
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exceptional, unusual, odd
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sinuous
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winding, curving, devious
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Slake
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satisfy, quench, lessen the intensity of.
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sodden
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soaked, drenched, dull
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sordid
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characterized by filth, grime
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squalor
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filth
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sparse
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thin not dense
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specious
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seeming true but actually false
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spendthrift
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one who spends money wastefully
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splenetic
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bad-tempered, irritable
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sporadic
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occurring only occasionally
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spurious
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lacking authenticity, counterfeit
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Squalid
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sordid, wretched and dirty as from neglect
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squander
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to waste
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Stanch
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to stop the flow of
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Static
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not moving
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steep
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to saturate or completely soak
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stentorian
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very loud and powerul
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stint
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to restrain, to be sparing or frugal, skimp?
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solder
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to weld, fuse, join together
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solicitous
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attentive, concerned, eager
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solvent
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able to meet financial obligations
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sophistry
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fallacious reasoning, plausibel but faulty logic
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sophomoric
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pretentious, immature, exhibiting lack of judgement
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soporific
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tending to induce sleep, causing drowsiness
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stoic
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indifferent to, or unaffected by pleasure or pain
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stolid
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calm, impassive
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striated
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striped, grooved, or banded
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strut
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structural support used to brace a framework
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stupefy
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to stun, to baffle
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stymie
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block, twart
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subpoena
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court order requiring appearance and or testimony
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succor
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assistence, relief in time of distress
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sundry
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various, miscellaneous, seperate
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supercilious
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arrogant, disdainful, haughty
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superflous
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exceeding what is necessary
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supine
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mentally or morally slack, lying on one's back, apathetic,
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supplant
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to take to the place of, supercede, supervene
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suppliant
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asking humbly, beseeching
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beseech
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to request earnestly
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adjure
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to ask for or request ernestly
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supplicant
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begger
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surfeit (v)
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to feed or supply in excess
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sycophant
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someone who tries to please or flatter for personal gain, parasite.
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table (v)
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to remove from consideration (as a parliamentary notion)
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taciturn
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not talkative, silent, implied
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talisman
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something believd to have magic power or bestow good luck
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tamp
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to plug, to drive down with a series of blows
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tautology
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repetition, redundancy, a circular argument
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tawdry
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showy, tacky, cheap
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tenacity
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the quality of adherence to something valued
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tenacious
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stubborn
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tendentious
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biased, showing marked tendencies
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tender
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offer formally
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tenuous
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thin, flimsy, unsubstantial
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terse
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brief and concise in wording
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timorous
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fearful, timid, diffident
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tirade
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long and extremely critical speech
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toady
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sycophant, yes-man, flaterrer
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torpid
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dormant, sluggish, lathargic
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torque
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the force that causes rotation
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torrid
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ardent, extremely hot, passionate, hurried
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tortuous
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winding
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tout
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to praise publicly, promote
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tractable
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obedient, docile, easily led
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transient
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fleeting
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travesty
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mockery, parody
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trenchant
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sharply perceptive, biting, clear cut
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truculent
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eager to fight fierce
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tumid
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swollen
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turbid
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muddy, having sediment stirred up
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turgid
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swollen, pompous, excessively ornate
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turpitude
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depravity, baseness
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tyro
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novice, beginner in learning
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ubiquitous
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existing everywhere at the same time
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umbrage
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offense, resentment
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undulate
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to move in a wavelike fashion
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unfeigned
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genuine
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untenable
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indefensable, uninhabitable, not viable
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untoward
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troublesome, unruly, adverse
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upbraid
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to scold sensure, rebuke
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unseemly
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indecoroso, indecent
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urbane
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sophisticated, refined, elegant
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usury
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charging an exorbitant rate of interest
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vacilate
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to waver undecisively
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variegated
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multicolored
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vaunt
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to brag or boast
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venal
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capable of being bought or bribed
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venality
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use of position for personal gain
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venerate
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to revere
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veracity
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truthfulness, honesty
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verisimilitude
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appearing true
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veritable
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authentic, real
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vexation
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annoyance, irritation
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vigilant
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alertly watchful
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vilify
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to defame
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virulent
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extremely harmful or poisonous, antagonistic
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viscous
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thick, sticky
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vitiate
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to spoil, make ineffective, reduce the value of
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vituperate
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censure severely
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volatile
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changeable, readily changing to a vapor, fickle, explosive
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voracious
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having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit
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waft
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a light breeze, a puff
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Waver
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to sway, to move to and fro
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welter
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to writhe, to toss about, to be in turmoil
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turmoil
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hullabalou
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wend
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to go, to proceed, to walk
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whet
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to sharpen or stimulate
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whimsical
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imaginative, unpredictable
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zealous
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fervent, ardent
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vituperate
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to use harsh condemnatory language
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