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50 Cards in this Set
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adherence to the truth; truthfulness
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veracitu
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fawning and serile
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obsiquious
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to put down forcibly; suppress
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kwell
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disparaging, belittling, isulting
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pajorative
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to usurp the place of, especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics
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supplant
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equality, as in amount, states, or value
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parity
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to get rid of as if by tearing it up by the roots; abolish
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eradicate
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to reject the validity or authority of
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repudiate
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to annoy or bother; to perplex
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vex
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plausible but misleading or fallacious argument
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sophistry
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concerned
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solisitous
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to officially chrage with wrongdong or a crime
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indict
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to damage, esp. in a disfiguring way
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mar
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great personal dishonor or humiliation; disgraceful condict
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ignominy
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principled, having a sense of right and worng; conscience and exacting
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srupulous
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to urge w/ repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery
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conjol
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brazen boldness; prsumtuous
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effrontery
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distinguished; prominent
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eminent
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trickery
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chicanery
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devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause
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partizan
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lax in attending to duty; negligent
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remiss
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to speak of negatively; to belittle
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disparage
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insulting or intended to insult
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derogatory
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to thwart or stump
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stymie
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appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile
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consiliatory
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capable of being belived; plausible
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credible
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to free frm blame
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exonerate
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prone to engage in lawsuits
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litigous
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feining piety of rightousness
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sanctimonious
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to support w/ proof of evidence; verify
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sunstantiate
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to free from blame
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vindicate
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unselfish concern for hte welfare of others; selflessness
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altruism
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idnentification w/ and understanding of another's situation, feeling and motives
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empathetic
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to praise highly
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extoll
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full of praise
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laudatory
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to mutually take or give; to respond in kind
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reciprcate
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no longer in existence or funtioning
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defunct
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to level ot the ground; demolish
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raze V(T)
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to crush as if by trampling; squash
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squelch
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to lower on rank, or esteem
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abase
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to mock contemptuously
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deride
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insincere, obsequious flatter
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sycophant
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to remove objectionable content berfore publication or release
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expurgate
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courageouly or generally noble in mind and heart
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magnanimous
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to attack as false or questionable
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impugn
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humanitarian; benevolent; relating to monetary genrosity
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philanthropic
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moral unrightness; righteousness
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rectitude
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to destroy
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extirpate
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disposed to seek revenge; revengeful; spiteful
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vindictive
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indisputable; not open to question
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incontrovertable
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