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80 Cards in this Set
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Mitigate
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to converse
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rancorous
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rancid smell
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apprise
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to help someone out.
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fervent
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having great emotional
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surfeit
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state of being overfull
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succinct
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to be expressed in few words
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malleable
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anything that can be changed in shape or form
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lucid
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easily understood
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didactic
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intended to teach or instruct
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parry
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to ward off.
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decorum
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dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc
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sanctimony
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pretended, affected, or hypocritical religious devotion, righteousness, etc.
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blandish
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to coax or influence by gentle flattery
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gregarious
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fond of the company of others; sociable
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fulminate
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to explode with a loud noise;
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relegate
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to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition
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stupefy
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to put into a state of little or no sensibility
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veritable
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being truly or very much so
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cacophony
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harsh discordance of sound
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impassive
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without emotion
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nebulous
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hazy, indistinet or confused. unclear
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contrite
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someone whoes regretful
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epitome
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a variation in a class or type soemone who represents
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unfeigned
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genuine (not fake)
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torrid
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subject to parching or burning heat.
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occlude
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to close shut or stop
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noxious
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dangrous
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poignant
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physically painful
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mollify
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to soften in feeling or temper
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heterodox
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not in agreement
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pugnacious
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to invole yourself to fight.
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qualms
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misgiving
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sodden
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soaked with liquid or moisture
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attenuate
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to weaken or reduce in force
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castigation
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sever criticize
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filibuster
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to stop something
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redolent
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a nice fragrant
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tenuous
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tiny
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alacrity
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cheerful readiness
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exonerate
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not to blame
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pariah
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an outcast
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baleful
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harmful or evil
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hermetic
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air tight
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slake
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to satisfy or extinguish
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arauas
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hard to endure
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enormity
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outrageously evil or extreme
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gossamer
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something fine or delacate
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perfunctory
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somethings that has to be done
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arrant
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down right.
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remonstrate
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to say or plead
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turbid
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hazy
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inveterate
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firmly established over a long period of time
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fallacy
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a mis conception
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eschew
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to avoid
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dilatory
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causing delay to gain time
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pedagogy
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the function of teaching
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undulate
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to cause to move
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fetid
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having a bad smell
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acumen
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quickness of understyanding a situation
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labile
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unstable
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usury
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the lending or practice of lending money at an exporbitant intrest
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auspice
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future prospects
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grouse
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to complain
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extirpate
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to pull by the roots
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nascent
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to exsist
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reticent
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to be silent
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tamp
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to force in down by repeated
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magnanimity
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the act of being forgiving
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stanch
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to stop the flow
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rapacious
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the satisfaction of greed
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absission
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the act of cutting off.
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welter
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a jumble
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cadge
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to beg or get by begging
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dogmatic
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characterized by an authoritative.
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alachemy
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a seeming magical power
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digress
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to turn aside
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arcane
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known or understood by few
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encomium
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warm glowing praise
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limpid
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transparent clear
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blithe
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carefree and light hearted
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