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35 Cards in this Set
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abhorrent
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Very repugnant; hateful
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adj
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abridge
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To make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles
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v
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badger
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To pester v
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bedlam
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Madhouse
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n
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boorish
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Rude adj
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adj
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cajole
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To impose on or dupe by flattering speech
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v
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capitualate
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To surrender or stipulate terms
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v
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commingle
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To blend
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v
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debonair
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Having gentle or sourteous manner
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adj
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deleterious
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Hurtful, morally or physically
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adj
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egregious
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Extreme
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adj
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extol
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To praise in the highest terms
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v
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fastidious
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Hard to please
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adj
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fatuous
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Idiotic
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adj
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furbish
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To restore brightness or beauty to
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v
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genteel
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Well-bred or refined
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adj
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gratuitous
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Voluntarily
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adj
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haggard
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Worn and gaunt in appearance adj
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adj
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idiosyncrasy
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A mental quality or habit peculiar to an individual
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n
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inadvertant
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Accidental
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adj
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inane
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Silly
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adj
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jocular
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Inclined to joke adj
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adj
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laud
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To praise in words or song
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v
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listless
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Inattentive
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adj
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manifesto
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A public declaration, making announcement, explanation or defense of intensions, or motives
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n
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mendacious
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Untrue
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adj
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negligence
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Omission of that which ought to be done
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n
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nettle
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To excite sensations of uneasiness or displeasure in
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v
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oblivion
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The state of having passed out of the memory or of being utterly forgotten
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n
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obsolete
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No longer practiced or accepted
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adj
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paragon
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A model of excellence
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n
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perspicacity
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Sharpness or shrewdness in judgement
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n
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pertinacious
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Persistent or unyielding
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adj
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reprehension
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Expression of blame
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n
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vacuous
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Empty
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adj
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