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65 Cards in this Set
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corrobate
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to confirm
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decorous
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in good taste
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ostentatiousq
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excessive; showing off
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plumb
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to measure the depth of somethign
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antipathy
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dislike
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palliate
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to hide the importanc eof something with excuses
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surrepttious
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sneaky; secret
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imperviousq
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not allowing anything to pass
impentrable |
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piquant
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pungent
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deleterious
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harmful
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fecund
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fertile
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hermetic
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airtight; imeprvious to exteernal influence
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ingenuous
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naive; simple
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petualent
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rude cranky
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truculent
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savagely brutal
aggressively hostile |
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rampart
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fortification
bulwark or defence |
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temerity
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boldness; recklessness
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abstemious
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sparring or moderate
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alacrity
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cheerful readiness
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doggerel
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comic; loose verse
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turpitude
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depravity
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axiom
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a selfevident truth
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circumlocaztion
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an idnirect statement
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impugn
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to attack
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capricious
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unpredictable
likely to change at any moment |
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assidious
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hardowrking; diligent
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impudent
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bold; impertinent
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baleful
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menacing
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effluvium
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a disagreeable or nxious vapor
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exigent
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urgent
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ineluctable
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inescapable
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ossify
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to convert into bone
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probity
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integrity
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recondite
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hard to understand;
over ones head |
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vacuous
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lacking ideas or intelligence
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coda
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a passage concluding a composition
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abstruse
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hard to understand or grasp
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gainsay
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to deny; to speak out or agaisnt
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propinquity
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nearness
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ribaldq
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vulgar or indecent speech or langaueg
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sinuous
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having many curves
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veracity
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truthfulness
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panegyric
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lofty praise
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welter
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a confused mess
copmmotion or turmoil |
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discommfit
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to confuse, deject; deceive
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accrete
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to increase by growth or addition
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contumacious
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stubbornly rebellious or disobedient
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fulsome
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disgusting or repulsive
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hone
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to sharpen
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motility
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spontaneous movement
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saturnine
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a sluggish gloomy temperament
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deleterous
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harmful
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turpid
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depravity
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idiosyncrtic
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eccentric
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acuity
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sharp
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unctuous
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insincere
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perquisite
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a perk that goes with a job
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vitiate
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make impure
pollute |
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redolent
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fragrnt
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sagacity
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shrewdness
wisdom |
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propitious
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marked by favorable signs or conditions
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precipate
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unwisely rash
hasty |
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reprove
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criticize mildly
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apotheosis
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perfect example of soemthingq
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felicitous
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skillfullness at expresisng things
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