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30 Cards in this Set
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Redoubtable
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causing fear or alarm
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Enumerate
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to ascertain the number of
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Formidable
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causing fear, dread, or apprehension
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Alienate
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to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed
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Mollify
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to soothe in temper or disposition
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Acquit
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to discharge completely (as from an obligation or accusation)
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Tabulated
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to count, record, or list systematically
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Debunked
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to expose the sham or falseness of
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Manifest
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readily perceived by the senses and especially by sight
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Versatile
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changing or fluctuating readily
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Anachronistic
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an error in chronology
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Eelectic
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selecting what appears to be best in various doctrines, methods, or styles
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Gregarious
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tending to associte with others of one's kind
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Ascetic
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practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline
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Intersperse
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to place something at intervals in or among
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Fervor
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intensity of feeling or expression
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Perforate
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to make a hole through
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Feign
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to give a false appearance of; induce as a false impression
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Valor
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strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness; personal bravery
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Repudiate
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to refuse to have anything to do with
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Disengage
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to release from something that engages or involves
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Trifling
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lacking in significance or solid worth
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Demographic
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relating to the dynamic balance of a population especially with regard to density and capacity for expansion or decline
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Tempestuous
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of, relating to, or resembling a tempest
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Languid
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sluggish in character or disposition
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Mendacious
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given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth
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Capricious
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impulsive or unpredictable
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Effervescent
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to bubble, hiss, and foam as gas escapes
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Didactic
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designed or intended to teach
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Saccharine
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of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar
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