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41 Cards in this Set
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belligerent
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contentious, ready to fight
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Accost
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To Approach or Confront Agressively
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Invective
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A Verbal Attack
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Timorous
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Fearly, Timid
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Circumspect
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Cautious
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Prudent
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Cautious, Careful
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Nefarious
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Horribly Villainous
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Petulance
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Irritability, Impoliteness
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Repudiate
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To Reject, To Turn Down
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Accede
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to agree
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Accommodating
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obliging, helpful
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poised
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balanced, readied
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masticate
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to chew
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spurious
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False But Intended To Seem Believable or Possible
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abate
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To Lessen, To Reduce In Severity
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abase
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To Lower, Demean, Degrade
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laceration
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a cut, a rip
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Restitution
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compensation, reimbursement
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Berate
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to scold severely
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concede
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To Give In, To Accept
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Abide
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tolerate; to put up with
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Fortify
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Strengthen
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Dictate
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To Pronouce, Command, Prescribe
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Diminutive
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Miniature, Small
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Goad
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Urge, To Provoke Into Action
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Lachrymose
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Tearful
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Obsequious
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Submissive
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Laud
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To Applaud or Praise
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Sycophant
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A Self-Serving Flatterer
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Officious
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Offering Unwanted Help or Service
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Punctilious
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Eager To Follow The Rules
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Propriety
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Decency, State of Being Proper
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Amble
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To Stroll, Walk
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Scurrilous
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Crude, Vulgar
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Inimical
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Hostile, Threathening
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Trekked
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To Walk, Travel By Foot
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Malevolent
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Having Intent To Harm
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Malicious
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Malevolent, Harmful
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Truculent
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Eager To Fight, Violent
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Pugnacious
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Belligerent
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altercation
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an argument or dispute
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