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22 Cards in this Set
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a denunciation, castigation, censure
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excoriation
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to verify, prove, confirm, validate
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substantiate
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tight-lipped, uncommunicative
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taciturn
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pertinent, relevant, apropos
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germane
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a tribute, panegyric, eulogy
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encomium
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a scouting expedition, survey
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reconnaissance
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defensible, justifialbe, maintainable
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tenable
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to beat into the ground, overwork
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belabor
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to expropriate, usurp, commandeer
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arrogate
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unquenchable, ravenous, voracious
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insatiable
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stale, trite, hackneyed
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banal
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to hedge, dillydally, procrastinate
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temporize
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uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate
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intransigent
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to harden, jell, coagulate, solidify
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congeal
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to steer clear of, shun, avoid
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eschew
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to branch out, extend into
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ramify
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nit-picking, hairsplitting, caviling
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carping
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generosity, liberality, munificence, bounty
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largesse
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connected, unified, consistent, cohesive
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coherent
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to copy, imitate, mimic
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emulate
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greedy, grasping, avaricious, retentive
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acquistive
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malicious, spiteful, prejducicial, pejorative
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invidious
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