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22 Cards in this Set
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an enthusiastic vigor and liveliness, spirit; a flair
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e'lan
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to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure
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dissipate
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to deny responsibility for or connection with
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disavow
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tending to promote or assist, helpful, favorable
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conducive
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to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify
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expurgate
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impartial; calm, free from emotion
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dispassiomnate
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dismay, confusion
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consternation
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disagreement, sharp differemce of opinion
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dissension
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resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive
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bovine
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stinging, bitter in temper or tone
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acrimonious
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fat; having a large, bulky body
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corpulent
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subordinate in capacity or role; se4rving to promote some end; submissively obedient
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subservient
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faithlessness, treachery
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perfidy
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based on an assukption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to fuide or direct investigation
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hypothetical
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to call into question; attack as false
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impugn
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hatred, comntempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful comduct
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odium
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immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement
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intemperate
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mean, low, base
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ignoble
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inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined
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squeamish
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open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance
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susceptible
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an armored or protective glove; a challenge to combat; two lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person forced ot run between them
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gauntlet
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to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish
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relegate
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