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22 Cards in this Set
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clumsy, tactless, uncouth, maladroit
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gauche
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injurious, deleterious, baleful, noxious
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pernicious
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deceptively plausible, sophistic, casuistic
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specious
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digressive, diffuse, rambling, episodic
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discursive
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an unorthodox belief; heterodoxy
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heresy
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to instill, implant, infuse, ingrain, imbue
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inculcate
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to pass off, palm off, fob off
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foist
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to parch, disiccate; to singe, brown
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sear
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to gratify; to cloy, surfeit, gorge
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satiate
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conspicuous, prominent; protrusive
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salient
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conditional, dependent; a detachment
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contingent
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tangible; plain, obvious, manifest
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palopable
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a redident, inbavitant; an habitue
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denizen
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to spread far and wide, broadcast blazon
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disseminate
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insightful, discerning, observant
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perceptive
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to shrink, recoil, cower, flinch
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quail
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to accent, stress, emphasize
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accentuate
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flushed, ruddy; flowery, frilly, ornate
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florid
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sparing, moderate, temperate
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abstemious
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blameworthy, discreditable, reprehendible
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censurable
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to bolster, substantiate, verify
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corroborate
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frumpy, tacky, frowzy, drab
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dowdy
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