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165 Cards in this Set
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abrogate
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to abolish;annul by authority
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adumbrate
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to foreshadow vaguely
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alloy
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|debase by mixing with something inferior
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anathema
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cursed or loathed person or thing
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perigee
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lowest point
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apotheosis
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perfect example
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apposite
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appropriate
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arrant
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utter, unmitigated
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artless
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natural
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astringent
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tightening on tissues
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auspice
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can also mean sign or portent in addition to control and/or patronage
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auspicious
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favorable
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aver
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state as a fact
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baleful
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sinister
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beatify
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bless
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bedizen
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to adorn
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brook
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tolerate
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bucolic
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pastoral
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byzantine
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complex
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cadge
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mooch
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cardinal
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of basic importance
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chary
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wary
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chasten
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subdue, chastise
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choleric
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irascible
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complaisance
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willingness to comply
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consequential
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pompous, of great importance
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contemn
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to scorn or despise (to find [contemn]-ptible)
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countenance
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to approve of or tolerate
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cozen
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to deceive or beguile
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depredate
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to exploit in a predatory manner, to plunder and pillage
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desuetude
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disuse
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die
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tool used for shaping
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distrait
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distracted
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doggerel
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(of verse): comic or burlesque; crude and poor
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egress vs ingress
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exit vs. entrance
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enormity
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excessive wickedness; nothing to do with size
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equable
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free from many changes or variations; uniform; steady
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essay
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experiment; put to a test, try
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evince
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to show clearly
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expatiate
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to discuss or write about at length
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expiate
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to atone
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extirpate
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to destroy
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feckless
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ineffectual
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fell
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a stony hill or animal's hide (adj) fierce; cruel; dreadful; savage
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fetter
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to put in chains
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filigree
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an ornamental work
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flip
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sarcastic or impertinent; casual disrespect
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fracas
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brawl
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froward
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intractable
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fulminate
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to attack loudly or denounce; develop suddenly (disease)
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gossamer
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delicate
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grouse
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complain or grumble
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guy
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rope attached to something as a brace or guide
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halcyon
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calm and peaceful
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harrow
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to distress or torment
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homily
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platitude or morally instructive lecture
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idolatrous
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intense devotion to something
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imbroglio
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difficult or embarrassing situation
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importune
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to beg or nag
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impudent
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characterized by impertinence or effrontery
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impute
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ascribe
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indefatigable
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dogged
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ineluctable
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Inevitable
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innervate
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energize (opp. Enervate)
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inscrutable
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mysterious
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insensible
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unconscious
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insouciant
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carefree; nonchalant
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interdict
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prohibit
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intimate
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imply or suggest (intimation is a hint)
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inveigle
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to obtain by deception or flattery
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jocund
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High-spirited; jocose and jocular imply humor
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labile
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unstable
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limn
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to outline in detail
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list
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to tilt/lean to one side
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maunder
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to talk or move aimlessly
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minatory
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menacing or threatening
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mince
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to speak affectedly or too carefully
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natty
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neat
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nice
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very precise; done with skill
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nonplussed
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baffled
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nostrum
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Cure-all
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obeisance
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gesture that expresses deference; bow
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odious
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hated
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overweening
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overbearing
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paean
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strong expression of praise
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penurious
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Penny-pinching; miserly, parsimonious
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peremptory
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putting an end to further debate
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pernicious
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extremely harmful
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peruse
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to examine with great care
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petrous
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like a rock
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petulant
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irritable; childishly sulking
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pied
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Multi-colored
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pillory
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to expose to public criticism
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piquant
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agreeably pungent
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pique
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resentment
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pith
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central part
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plaintive
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mournful
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plangent
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pounding and thundering
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plumb
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examine critically or measure with a plumb
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poignant
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emotional
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prate/prattle
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chatter
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precarious
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dangerous
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preen
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dress up
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prize
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to pry
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prodigious
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abundant in size
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profligate
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extravagant and wasteful
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propitious
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favorable
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prosaic
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unimaginative
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proscribe
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prohibit
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provident
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frugal; providing for the future
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punctillious
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meticulous
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quaff
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to drink deeply
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quail
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to shrink back in fear
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rail
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to complain about bitterly
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ramify
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branch out
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rancorous
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Long-lasting resentment
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rebus
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riddle on the lonestar bottlecaps
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recapitulate
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summarize
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recondite
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obscure; abstruse
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reconnoiter
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engage in reconnaissance
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recumbent
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prone (lying down)
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redoubtable
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Awe-inspiring
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refulgent
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radiant
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remonstrate
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protest
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repine
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to express rejection or discontent
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risible
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hilarious
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salutary
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remedial; promoting health; serving a good purpose
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saturnine
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gloomy
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scurvy
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contemptible
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sedulous
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diligent
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seine
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large net for fishing
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sere
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withered
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simper
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smirk
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sinuous
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curving
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sodden
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soaked; listless, torpid
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solvent
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able to repay debts
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sophomoric
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immature, conceited
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spendthrift
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A wasteful
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splenetic
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choleric
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stanch
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to stop the flow of fluid
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stint
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be sparing
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striated
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striped
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strut
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structural support
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stymie
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block
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succor
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assistance
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sundry
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various
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supercilious
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disdainful
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supine
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lying on your back
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tamp
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to plug
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tendentious
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biased
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tenuous
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flimsy
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timorous
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timid
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torque
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a force that causes rotation
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torrid
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scorching; ardent, passionate
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truculent
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fierce
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tumid
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swollen
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turpitude
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depravity
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undulate
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move in a wavelike fashion
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untoward
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troublesome
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urbane
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sophisticated
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vaunt
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brag
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venal
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capable of being bribed
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vitiate
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reduce the value of
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welter
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to writhe
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wend
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to proceed
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