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112 Cards in this Set
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expostulate
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protest
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prerogative
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perk
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provincial
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narrow-minded
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aplomb
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poise
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drivel
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balderdash
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exhort
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implore
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inveigh
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harangue, remonstrate
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lassitude
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fatigue
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adventitious
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accidental
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expiate
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redeem
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peculate
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embezzle
misappropriate |
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proclivity
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tendency
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sangfroid
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composure
poise |
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seditious
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rebellious
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tenuous
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unclear
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vitriolic
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bitter
acrimonious |
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wheedle
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cajole
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inscrutable
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incomprehensible
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insular
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narrow-minded
parochial provincial |
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propensity
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proclivity
inclination |
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remonstrate
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to protest
to object to |
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scurrilous
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obscene
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amnesty
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pardon
absolution |
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caveat
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warning
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flout
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to mock
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fractious
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troublesome
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precept
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rule of conduct or action
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unwieldy
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not easily handled
cumbersome impractical |
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aspersion
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derogatory statement
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disabuse
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undeceive
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ennui
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listlessness
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immutable
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constant
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megalomania
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delusion of grandeur
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sinecure
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an easy job
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surreptitious
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stealthy
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transgress
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to sin
trespass |
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transmute
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transform
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vicarious
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surrogate
performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another |
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cadaverous
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pale
gaunt |
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desecrate
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adulterate
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infraction
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violation
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mitigate
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to make milder or softer
diminish |
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prate
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to prattle
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punctilious
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precise
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redoubtable
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formidable
awesome |
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restitution
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restoration
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reprove
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scold
rebuke |
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bovine
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sluggish
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consternation
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dismay
confusion |
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corpulent
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fat
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disavow
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disown
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expurgate
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purify
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gauntlet
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ordeal
challenge |
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ignoble
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mean
low base |
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impugn
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challenge
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perfidy
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treachery
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dilatory
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stalling
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egregious
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conspicuous
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evanescent
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transient
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penury
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destitution
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torpid
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inactive
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debonair
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pleasant
suave |
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dun
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hound
dark dingy |
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equanimity
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composure
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imperious
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arrogant
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invective
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comdemnation
abusive |
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munificent
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lavish
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recondite
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not common knowledge
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reprobate
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scoundrel
unprincipled to condemn |
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abstemious
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moderate
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denizen
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resident
a "regular" |
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discursive
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nomadic
rambling |
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dowdy
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shabby
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foist
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to impose by fraud
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gauche
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awkward
tactless |
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inculcate
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implant
ingrain impress by repetition |
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pernicious
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deadly
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salient
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pominent
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sear
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dessicate
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specious
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deceptive
lacking real merit |
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deleterious
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harmful
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extenuate
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downplay
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paragon
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exemplar
paradigm |
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politic
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artful
prudent |
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prosaic
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dull
unpoetical |
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sanctimonious
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self-righteous
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winsome
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charming
attractive |
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abet
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encourage
support |
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aver
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affirm
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broach
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announce
introduce |
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carousal
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revelry
noisy revelry or merrymaking while under the influence |
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collate
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to compare critically
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foment
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instigate
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nonplussed
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puzzled
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rejoinder
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a reply to a reply
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amenable
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submissive
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credulous
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gullible
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jejune
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insipid
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obdurate
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stubborn
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precocious
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gifted
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sententious
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moralizing
self-righteous |
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surfeit
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overindulgence
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turgid
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swollen
pompous |
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brouhaha
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hullabaloo
hodgepodge |
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bulwark
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strong defense, protection
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choleric
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irascible
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mawkish
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mushy
sickeningly sentimental |
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onus
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stigma
burden |
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presentiment
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foreboding
vague sense of approaching misfortune |
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profligate
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immoral
self-indulgent |
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remit
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cancel
pay |
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sartorial
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having to do with clothes/dress
pertaining to a tailor or his work |
