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45 Cards in this Set
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rescind
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repeal/cancel
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insipid
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dull/uninteresting
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obstrusive
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obvious, highly noticeable
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indefatigable
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untiring, tireless
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culpable
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guilty, blameworthy
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mercurial
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given to quick changes in mood
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conciliate
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calm or comfort
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pique
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arouse/irritate
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upbraid
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scold
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inscrutable
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not able to be understood, mysterious
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degenerate
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grow worse/deteriorate
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suffrage
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right to vote
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warrant
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justify, call for, deserve
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belie
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misintepret, give a false idea of
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husband
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to budget/manage carefully
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dessicate
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to dry
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convoke
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to call together, summon to assemble
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corroborate
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to support, make more certain
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impecunious
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having little or no money
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prolific
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producing much
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repudiate
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to reject
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affable
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friendly, pleasant
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paucity
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fewness, scarcity
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terse
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brief
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desecrate
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to violate the sacredness of
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sinuous
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curvy, graceful in movement
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surly
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rude, unpleasant
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surreptitious
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done secretly, sneaky
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dispassionate
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calm
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bungler
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a clumsy person
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misogyny
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hatred of woman
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implacable
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incaple of being calmed or soothed
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unanimity
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undivided opinion, agreement by all
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glutton
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a person who eats and drinks excessively
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idiosyncratic
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pecuiliar or unique to an individiaul
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circumlocution
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a roundabout way of saying something
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enmity
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hatred, hostility
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novel
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new or different
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fallacious
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false, not logically valid
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voluminous
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large
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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disrepute
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negative reputation, distrusted
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firebrand
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instigator (threatens peace)
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perfunctory
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not caring?
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incisive
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clear and direct, keen
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