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75 Cards in this Set
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to reject, renounce
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abjure
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to abolish, usually by authority
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abrogate
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biting, bitter in tone or taste
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acerbic
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keen insight
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acumen
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to sketch out in a vague way
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adumbrate
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eagerness, speed
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alacrity
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a cursed, detested person
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anathema
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a strong dislike, repugnance
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antipathy
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praise
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approbation
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to take without justification
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arrogate
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practicing restraint as means of self-discipline, usually religious
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ascetic
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a curse, expression of ill-will
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aspersion
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hard-working, diligent
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assiduous
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to coax by using flattery
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blandish
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a gift or blessing
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boon
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short, abrupt, dismissive
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brusque
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to strike with force; an arrangement of food set out on a table
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buffet
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to polish, shine
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burnish
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to support, hold up; something that offers support
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buttress
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tremendous noise, disharmonious sound
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cacophony
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to urge, coax
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cajole
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an attempt to spoil someone else's reputation by spreading lies
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calumny
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subject to whim, fickle
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capricious
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mercy
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clemency
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intellectually convincing
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cogent
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accompanying in a subordinate fashion
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concomitant
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great fire
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conflagration
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penitent, eager to be forgiven
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contrite
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puzzle, problem
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conundrum
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readiness to believe
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credulity
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greed, strong desire
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cupidity
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brief to the point of being superficial
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cursory
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to criticize openly
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decry
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to make unclean, impure
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defile
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harmful
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deleterious
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quiet, modest, reserved
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demure
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to belittle, depreciate
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deprecate
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to laugh at mockingly, scorn
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deride
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to violate the sacredness of a thing or place
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desecrate
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dried up, dehydrated
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desiccated
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light, airy, transparent
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diaphanous
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shy, quiet, modest
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diffident
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rambling, lacking order
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discursive
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to conceal, fake
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dissemble
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to be indecisive
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dither
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extremely lively, enthusiatic
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ebullient
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impudence, nerve, insolence
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effrontery
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radiant, splendorous
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effulgent
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extremely bad
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egregious
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to weaken, exhaust
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enervate
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short-lived, fleeting
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ephemeral
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to shun, avoid
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eschew
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fleeting, momentary
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evanescent
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to show, reveal
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evince
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to free from guilt or blame, exonerate
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exculpate
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loathsome, detestable
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execrable
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urgent, critical
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exigent
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to make amends for, atone
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expiate
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to obliterate, eradicate
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expunge
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existing, not destroyed or lost
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extant
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to praise, revere
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extol
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incorrect, misleading
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fallacious
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meticulous, demanding, having high and often unattainable standards
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fastidious
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fruitful, fertile
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fecund
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wild, savage
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feral
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having a foul odor
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fetid
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flowery, ornate
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florid
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troublesome or irritable
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fractious
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talkative, wordy
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garrulous
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lofty, pompous language
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grandiloquence
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drawn to the company of others, sociable
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gregarious
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unoriginal, trite
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hackneyed
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unlucky
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hapless
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a ranting speech; to give such a speech
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harangue
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domination over others
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hegemony
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