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11 Cards in this Set
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contentious
Socrates had a contntious wife |
quarrelsome
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abet
The charge: Aiding and abetting in the robbery |
to support
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fallow
a fallow field |
unproductive
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laconic
The Spartan gave a laconic answer |
untalkative, terse
Spartan: "If" |
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implacable
the implacable Jack Bauer searched the crime scene |
relentless
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atone
-to atone for a wrong committed |
make right
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mercenary
the mercenary merchant showed no mercy |
greedy
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peripheral
peripheral vision |
situated away from the center
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martinet
The militant martinet made Marines of meek men. |
one who demands obedience, autocrat
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supercilious
The supercilious super model. |
haughty
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vitriolic
vih' tree ah' lik -a vitriolic growl |
savagely hostile
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