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20 Cards in this Set
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pugnacious
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always wanting to fight
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odious
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causing or arousing hatred
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rue
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regret strongly
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peccadillo
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small sin, minor flaw
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fastidious
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showing extreme care to pay attention to the details
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recapitulate
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restate the main points
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salient
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very noticable or striking out
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upbraid
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to scold severly
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pariah
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social outcast
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lugubrious
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looking or sounding sad
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difficult to handle because of wheight or bulk.
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cumbersome
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to give citizenship rights to, especially the right to vote.
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enfranchise
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powerful
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puissant
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dead and decaying flesh.
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carrion
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to outlaw or banish a person.
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proscribed
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firmness, determination, steadyness.
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constancy
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critisizing harshlyor severly.
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censure
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empty space
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void
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lessen the seriousness by providing excuses.
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extenuate
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to plot or scheme.
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contrive
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