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20 Cards in this Set
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Pernicious
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lending to cause death or serious injury
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Phlegmatic
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not easily excited to action or display of emotion; sluggish
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Pontificate
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to express opinions or judgment in a dogmatic way
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Precipitate
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to throw from or as if from a great height; hurl downward
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Prodigious
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Impressively great in size, force, or extent enormous
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Proselytize
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to convert someone to ones own religious faith
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Pulchritude
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great physical beauty and appeal
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Quagmire
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A difficult or precarious sitaution
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Recalcitrant
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marked by stubborn resistance to and defiance of authority or guidance
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Quotidian
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Everyday; common place; recurring daily, usually
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Redress
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To set right; remedy or rectify
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Repudiate
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to reject the validity or authority
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Restive
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uneasily impatient under restriction, opposition, criticism, or delay
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Retrench
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to cut down, reduce
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Sacrosanct
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regarded as sacred and inviolable
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Sardonic
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Scornfully or cynically mocking
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Scurrilous
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given to the use of vulgar, coarse, or abusive language
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Sectarian
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of or characteristic of a sect
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Sententious
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terse and energetic in expression; pithy
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Somnolent
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drowsy, sleepy
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