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207 Cards in this Set
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abstemious
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moderate in eating or drinking
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artisan
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skilled worker
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ascendancy
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domination
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austere
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stern, severe
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autonomous
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self governing
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belie
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give a false impression
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brevity
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concise
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capricious
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fickle, changing
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concede
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to admit
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concur
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to agree
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condone
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free from blame, to forgive
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contend
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to assert earnestly
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contentious
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quarrelsome
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corroborate
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support
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cursory
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hastily done
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decorum
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propriety, properness
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deference
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courteous regard for another's wish
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deprecate
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to belittle, condescend
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devious
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roundabout, not straightforward
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devise
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to think up, plot
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diffuse
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wordy
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disparity
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condition of inequality
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disseminate
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scatter
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dogmatic
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opinionated
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enunciate
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speak distinctly
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equivocal
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ambiguous
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erratic
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odd
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erroneous
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wrong
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esoteric
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known only by a few
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exacerbate
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to worsen
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exalt
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praise
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exhaustive
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comprehensive
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exhilarating
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refreshing
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exonerate
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free from blame
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exploit
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make use of unjustly
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extraneous
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superfluous, excess
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exuberance
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lavishness
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fallacious
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false
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fastidious
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difficult to please
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fervor
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ardor, passion
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flagrant
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blatant, conspicuous
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guile
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deceit
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hardy
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sturdy
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iconoclastic
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attacking established traditions
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idiosyncrasy
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eccentricity, odd
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impede
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to delay
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impudence
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isolence, rude
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incisive
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sharp, keen
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incite
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to motivate
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indict
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to charge
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indiscriminate
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choosing at random
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inert
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inactive
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innocuous
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harmless
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insularity
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narrow-mindedness
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inundate
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overwhelm
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invert
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turn upside down
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irresolute
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uncertain
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judicious
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wise
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languish
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lose strenght
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levity
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lack of seriousness
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lofty
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very high
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magnanimous
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generous
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marred
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damaged
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negate
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deny
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nullify
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to make invalid
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obliterate
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to destroy completely
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oblivion
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forgetfulness
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obscure
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to make unclear
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partisan
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biased in favor of
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perpetuate
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preserve, to make endless
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pervasive
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spread throughout
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ponderous
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heavy, weighty
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preclude
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to eliminate, make impossible
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precocious
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advanced in development
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predilection
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preference
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presumptuous
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bold
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prevalent
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widespread
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prodigal
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wasteful
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prodigious
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enormous
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profane
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to treat unworthily
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profusion
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excess
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proliferation
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rapid growth
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propriety
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correct conduct
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protract
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to prolong
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provincial
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limited in outlook
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quandary
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dilemma
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ratify
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to approve
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recluse
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loner
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recount
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to narrate
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relegate
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to assign
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renounce
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to abandon
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reprove
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to censure, criticize
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repudiate
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to reject, disown
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resigned
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submissive
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restraint
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self-control
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reticence
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silent
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retract
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withdraw
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rhetorical
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effective communication
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sanction
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approve
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satirical
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mocking
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scrupulous
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having moral integrity
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seclusion
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isolation
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sporadic
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periodic, occurring irregularly
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spum
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to reject, scorn
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squander
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to waste
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stagnant
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motionless
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static
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unchanging
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stoic
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impassive, not affected by showing passion
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subordinate
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inferior
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substantiate
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to prove
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succint
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brief
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susceptible
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easily influenced
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temper
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to moderate
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terse
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concise
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turbulence
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violent agitation
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undermine
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to weaken
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unobtrusive
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not blatant
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unwarranted
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unjustified
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usurp
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to seize power
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vacillate
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to fluctuate
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verbose
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wordy
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vilify
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to slander
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zealot
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person who shows excessive zeal
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apocryphal
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false
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avert
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turn away
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beguile
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to mislead
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bleak
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cheerless
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blighted
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destroyed
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certitude
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certainty
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circumlocution
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indirect
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coalesce
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to combine
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confluence
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flowing together
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conjecture
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guess
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converge
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to come together
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corrugated
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wrinkled
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culpable
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deserving blame
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debunk
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expose as false
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depose
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remove from office
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dessicate
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to dry up
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despondent
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gloomy
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discrepancy
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difference
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distend
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to swell out
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dupe
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easily fooled
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ebullient
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excited
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edify
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correct morally
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efface
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to rub out, wear away
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elicit
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to draw out
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elucidate
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to clarify
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emaciated
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thin, slender
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fallow
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uncultivated
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falter
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to hesitate
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fell
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to knock down
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fitful
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spasmodic
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foolhardy
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rash
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ignominy
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dishonor
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illicit
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illegal
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impecunious
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without money, poor
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inception
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beginning
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indelible
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cannot be erased
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indolent
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lazy
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insolvent
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bankrupt
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insuperable
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unbeatable
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intractable
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stubborn
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irreproachable
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blameless
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jocular
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jolly, playful, witty
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lampoon
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to ridicule
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lurid
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gruesome
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meander
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turn in its course
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misanthrope
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hater of mankind
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morose
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sullen
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munificient
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generous
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nefarious
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very wicked
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pithy
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concise
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precarious
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uncertain, dubious
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profligate
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immoral, prodigal
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quiescent
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inactive
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raze
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to destroy
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recant
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confess error
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replete
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filled
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rescind
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to cancel
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respite
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time for rest
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resplendent
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dazzling
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savory
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tasty
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sedentary
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settled
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steadfast
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loyal
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stolid
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dull
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strident
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loud
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stupefy
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to amaze
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surreptitious
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secret
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sycophant
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flattered
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taint
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to contaminate
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tantamount
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equivalent
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tenacity
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persistence
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threadbare
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poor
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tirade
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scolding
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torpor
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sluggishness
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trifling
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unimportant
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viable
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practical
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virtuoso
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skilled
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virulent
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poisonous
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voluble
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talkative
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parody
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humorous imitation
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parsimony
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stinginess
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paucity
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scarcity
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penury
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poverty
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perfunctory
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done in an indifferent manner
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pedestrian
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commonplace
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