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46 Cards in this Set
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aeon
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long time period of an age
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capitulate
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to surrender
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chagrin
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to disappoint
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chicanery
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deception by trickery
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disposition
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one's usual mood
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Draconian
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harsh
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excoriate
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to scold
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Imperius
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arrogant
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impetus
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something that incites; a stimulus
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incantation
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ritual recitation of verbal
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incessantly
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continuing without interruption
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inflame
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to arouse passionate feeling
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infraction
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a violation
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inimical
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injurious
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intemperate
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not temperate or moderate; excessive in alcohol
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lambasto
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to denounce
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lugubrious
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mornful, dismal, or gloomy
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maudlin
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excessively sentimental
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mediate
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to resolve or settle
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muddle
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to confuse
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oblique
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devious, misleading
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panache
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enthuasium
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partisant
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biased in support of a group
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pertinent
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having logical
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petulant
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irritable
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precarious
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not stable
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preeminence
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the state of being superior
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presumptuous
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going beyond what is right or proper; excessive forward
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prolix
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tending to speak or wite at excessive length
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quell
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to pacify
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quibble
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to find fault or cirtize
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raiment
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clothing; garments
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sedentary
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characterized by sitting
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slighting
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disparaging belitting
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strident
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loud
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stringent
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rigorous standards
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supine
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lying on the back
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tanable
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capable of mainting defensive in argument
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uncouth
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crude
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unequivocality
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clear
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unflappable
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calm
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ungainly
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lacking grace
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unsavory
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distateful or disagreeable
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veiled
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concealed or disguised
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vernal
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spring
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verve
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energy and enthusiasm
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