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22 Cards in this Set
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to whip, flog; a ploague, pestilence
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scourge
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insipid, lifeless, colorless, dull
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vapid
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to foretell, forecast, predict, presage
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prognosticate
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highly conventional, overly strict, stuffy
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straitlaced
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doleful, lugubrious; funereal, mortuary
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sepuichral
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fair, just, right, reasonable
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equitable
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sleep-inducing; a narcotic, anesthetic
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soporific
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impermanent, ephemeral, evanescent
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transient
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impermanent, ephemeral, evanescent
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salutary
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to pilfer, purloin, swipe
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filch
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searing, harsh, severe, ferocious, savage
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scathing
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cumbersome, bulky, clumsy; impractical
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unwieldy
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self-evident, taken for granted
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axiomatic
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to broadcast, trumpet; to embellish
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blazon
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unruly, refractory, recalcitrant; peevish
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fractious
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self-government, home rule
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autonomy
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a warning, caution
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caveat
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to disentangle, extract, disengage
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extricate
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a general pardon or absolution
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amnesty
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to scoff at , sneer at, snicker at
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flout
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a rule of conduct, principle; a maxim
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precept
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a supplement, addition, appendix
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addendum
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