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131 Cards in this Set
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FACTIOUS
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INCLINED TO FORM FACTIONS; CAUSING DISSENSION "Many nobles sought good government, rather than being factious, and were only forced into war by the king's incompetence"
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FACTITIOUS
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ARTIFICIAL; SHAM
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FAIN
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GLADLY, IN A WILLING MANNER Men and birds are fain of climbing high.
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FECKLESS
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futile, irresponsible, inefficient
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FEY
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OTHERWORLDLY, DOOMED, APPROACHING DEATH, UNDER A SPELL CRAZY, CLAIRVOYANT
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FINICAL
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TOO FUSSY ABOUT FOOD, CLOTHING, ETC.
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FLAGRANT
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CONSPICUOUSLY WICKED
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FLURRIED
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TO BECOME AGITATED AND CONFUSED
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FORENSICS
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THE STUDY OR ARGUMENTATION AND DEBATE
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forfend
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to prevent
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forswear
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renounce, disallow, repudiate
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FROWARD
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INTRACTABLE, NOT WILLING TO YIELD OR COMPLY, STUBBORN the forward mule wouldnt budge
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FROWZY
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SLOVENLY; UNKEMPT; DIRTY
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FUSTIAN
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POMPOUS; BOMBASTIC
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GAINSAY
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TO DENY, OR DISPUTE
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GALL
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BITTERNESS, CARELESS NERVE (V.- TO IRRITATE)
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GALLANT
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A FASHIONABLE YOUNG MAN
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GAME
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COURAGEOUS
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GAMBOL
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SKIP, PLAY, FROLIC
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GARBLE
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MAKE UNFAIR SELECTION FROM FACTS "Moore's movie garbled the facts through editing"
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GOSSAMER
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DELICATE, TENUOUS, INSINCERE
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HECTOR
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A BULLY
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HIDEBOUND
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EXCESSIVELY RIGID, DRY, STIFF
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HOARY
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VERY OLD, WHITE FROM AGE
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HOMILY
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A SERMON, A MORALLY UPLIFTING LECTURE, A PLATITUDE
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HOMILETICS
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ACT OF PREACHING
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ILLIMITABLE
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LIMITLESS
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IMMURE
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TO IMPRISION
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IMPERVIOUSNESS
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ARROGANCE, COMMANDING PRESENCE, OVERBEARINGNESS
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IMPERTINENT
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NOT TO THE POINT, IRRELEVANT, INAPPLICABLE; TRIFLING;
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IMPETUOUS
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HASTILY OR RASHLY ENERGETIC, IMPULSIVE AND VEHEMENT
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IMPRECATION
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AN INVOCATION OF EVIL, A CURSE
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IMPUGNED
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CHALLENGED, TO BE DOUBTED
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IMPUTE
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TO ATTRIBUTE TO A CAUSE
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INCLEMENT
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PHYSICALLY SEVER OR ROUGH, SHOWING NO MERCY
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INCORPOREAL
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IMMATERIAL, WITHOUT A BODY
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INDENTURE
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BOUND TO ANOTHER BY CONTRACT
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INFLAMMABLE
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EASILY LIT
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INGLORIOUS
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LACKING FAME OR HONOR, SHAMEFUL
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INSENSIBLE
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UNAWARE
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INSCRUTABLE
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INCAPABLE OF BEING UNDERSTOOD, MYSTERIOUS
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INSOLUBLE
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TO ABLE TO BE SOLVED OR EXPLAINED
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INTERDICT
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PROHIBIT, FORBID, BAN
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INTERNECINE
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DEADLY TO BOTH SIDES
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FERMENT
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A STATE OF DISORDER, UNREST
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INDOLENCE
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LAZINESS
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INEXORABLE
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RELENTLESS, UNYIELDING, IMPLACABLE
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INVEIGH
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TO COMPLAIN OR CRITICIZE STRONGLY.. Reuther never hesitated to inveigh against "poverty, hunger, and disease."
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INVOLUTE
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COMPLEX
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JUNKET
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TRIP ESPECIALLY ONE TAKEN FOR PLEASURE BY AN OFFICIAL AT PUBLIC
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KEN
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RANGE OF KNOWLEDGE
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LABILE
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UNSTABLE
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LAGNIAPPE
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TRIFLING PRESENT GIVEN TO A CUSTOMER, AN UNEXPECTED BENEFIT (ALSO CALLED A "BOOT")
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LAPIDARY
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WORKER IN PRECIOUS STONES
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LARDER
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PLACE WHERE FOOD IS STORED
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LASCIVIOUS
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LEWD, LUSTFUL
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LEGERDEMAIN
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TRICKERY
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LIBERTINE
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AN IMMORAL PERSON
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LIMPID
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CLEAR AND SIMPLE, SERENE, TRANSPARENT, UNTROUBLED
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LINIMENT
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MEDICINAL LIQUID USED TO EASE PAIN
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LISSOME
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EASILY FLEXED, LIMBER, AGILE
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LIST
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LEAN TO ONE SIDE
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LODE
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METAL BEARING VEIN
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LOUT
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CLUMSY PERSON
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LOW
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TO MAKE A SOUND LIKE A COW
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LUCUBRATE
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WRITE IN A SCHOLARLY FASHION
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LURID
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HARSHLY SHOCKING, GLOWING
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MACULATED
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HAVING SPOTS OR BLOTCHES, BLEMISHES.. (ANT = IMMACULATE)
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MACROBIOTICS
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ART OF PROLONGING LIFE BY DIET OF ORGANIC, NON-MEAT SUBSTANCES
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MAINSTAY
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CHEIF SUPPORT
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MANNERED
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ARTIFICIAL OR STILTED
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MANUMISSION
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RELEASE FROM SLAVERY
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MALINGER
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TO FEIGN ILLNESS SO AS TO AVOID WORK
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MAUNDER
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TO TALK OR MOVE AIMLESSLY, MUTTER
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METTLESOME
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COURAGEOUS, HIGH-SPIRITED
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MIDDLING
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FAIRLY GOOD BUT NOT VERY GOOD
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NETTLE
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TO IRRITAE, STING, VEX
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NIBBLE
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SHOW SOME INCLINATION TO ACCEPT (AN OFFER)
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NICE
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1) SCRUPULOUS/HARD TO PLEASE OVERDELICATE OR FASTIDUOUS, FUSSY
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NICETY
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DELICATE FEATURE, MINUTE DISTINCTION
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NIGGLING
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TRIFLING, PETTY
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NONDESCRIPT
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DULL, LACKING INTERESTING OR DISTINCTIVE QUALITIES
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NONPLUSSED
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AT A TOTAL LOSS OF WHAT TO SAY OR DO
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NOSEGAY
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A BUNCH OF FLOWERS
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NOSTRUM
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PLACEBO, A QUACK REMEDY
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NOVITIATE
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A PERIOD OF BEING A BEGINNER OR NOVICE
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NUMISMATICS
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COIN COLLECTING
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OBLOQUY
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ABUSIVELY DETRACTIVE LANGUAGE, SHARP CRITICISM, ILL REPUTE
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OBSEQUY
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FUNERAL CEREMONY
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OBSTREPEROUS
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NOISY, LOUDLY STUBBORN
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OBTUSE
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BLUNT/STUPID, INSENSITIVE
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ONTOLOGY
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THEORY ABOUT THE NATURE OF EXISTANCE
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OPPROBRIOUS
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DISGRACEFUL, CONTEMPTUOUS
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OROTUND
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POMPOUS
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OVERWEENING
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PRESUMPTUOUSLY ARROGANT, OVERBEARING, IMMODERATE, BEING A JERK
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PAEAN
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SONG OF HIGH PRAISE
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PALAVER
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IDLE TALK
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PANACHE
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FLAMBOYANCE, VERVE
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PANOPLY
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IMPRESSIVE ARRAY
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PARE
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TO TRIM
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PATENT
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OBVIOUS, UNCONCEALED
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PECULATION
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THEFT OF MONEY OR GOODS
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PEDIMENT
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TRIANGULAR GABLE ON A ROOF OR FACADE
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PERCIPIENT
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DISCERNING, ANBLE TO PERCIEVE
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PERTINACIOUS
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PERSISTANT, STUBBORN
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PENUMBRA
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PARTIAL SHADOW
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PERCIPIENT
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DISCERNING, ABLE TO PERCIEVE
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PERTINACIOUS
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PERSISTANT, STUBBORN
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PERVADE
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TO PERMEATE THROUGHOUT
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PETTISH
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FRETFUL
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PEREMPTORY
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DISALLOWING DELAY, COMMANDING, EXPRESSING URGENCY; DECISIVEAND IMPERIOUS..
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PHILISTINE
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A SMUG IGNORANT PERSON; ONE WHO LACKS KNOWLEDGE
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PHARISICAL
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HYPOCRITICALLY SELF-RIGHTEOUS AND CONDEMNATORY, SANCTIMONIOUS
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PLANGENT
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POUNDING, THUNDERING, RESOUNDING, WAILING SOUND
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PLEBIAN
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CRUDE, LOWER-CLASS, VULGAR
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PLOD
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CONTINUE TO DO SOMETHING WITHOUT RESTING
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PONDEROUS
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HEAVY, BULKY, DULL
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PORE
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TO STUDY CLOSELY
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PRECIS
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SHORT SUMMARY OF FACTS
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PRESCIENT
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HAVING FORESIGHT
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PRESTIDIGITATION
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SLEIGHT OF HAND
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PROFLIGATE
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CORRUPT
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PROPITIATE
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TO WIN THE FAVOR OF; TO CAUSE TO BECOME FAVORABLY INCLINED; TO APPEASE propitiate the gods with a sacrifice
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PROPITIOUS
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AUSPICIOUS, PRESENTING FAVORABLE CIRCUMSTANCES the clearing of the sky was a propitious omen that the storm had passed
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PROPOUND
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TO OFFER FOR CONSIDERATION; TO EXHIBIT (PROOPUND AN ARGUMENT)
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PROXY
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THE POWER TO ACT FOR ANOTHER
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PRUNE
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SILLY PERSON
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PRURIENT
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LEWD
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PRURIENT
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LEWD
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QUIZZICAL
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BANTERING, COMICAL, HUMOROUSLY SERIOUS
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PONDEROUS
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Having great weight.
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