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19 Cards in this Set
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bowdlerise
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expurgate chapters from a book or scenes from movie in order to remove the vulgar parts. (censor basically)
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promiscuous
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indiscriminate, of not one kind of people, things
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amiss
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wrong, faulty
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spry
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vigorously active, nimble
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sheaf
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a bundle of stocks of grain, a bundle of anything; paers etc
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pilloried
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punished by placing in a wooden frame, subjected to ridicule and criticism
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excerpt
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passage (from poem, musical composition)
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contumacious
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disobedient, resisting authority
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pique
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irritation, resentment
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amenable
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easily managed, ready to be led
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inveighed
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denounce
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invidious
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designed to cause ill will or envy
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condescent
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bestow courtesies with a superior air
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mortician
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undertaker
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flacid
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flabby
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igneous
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produced by fire, volcanic
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inebriety
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habitual intoxication
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foray
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raid
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fleece
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rob , plunder
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