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30 Cards in this Set
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adulterate
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to make impure
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adverse
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hostile; opposed; unfavorable
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advocate
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to urge; recommend
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bellicose
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violent; warlike
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blighted
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ruined; destroyed; withered
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bombastic
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grandiloquent (wordy, pompous)
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brevity
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briefness
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capacious
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spacious
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castigate
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to punish
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caustic
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burning; characterized by a bitter wit
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dais
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raised platform
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daunt
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to intimidate; frighten
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dexterous
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adroit or skillful in the use of hands or body
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edify
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to enlighten; educate
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emaciated
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excessively thin; weak
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equipoise
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equality; balance; equilibrium
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fallacious
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false; wrong; incorrect
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fecund
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fertile
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fetid
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smelly
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garrulous
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talkative; loquacious
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gibe
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to heckle or mock; to taunt; to pick on
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grisly
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gory
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hackneyed
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overused; trite
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ignoble
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not noble
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ignominy
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dishonor; disgrace
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imperious
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domineering
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kismet
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fate
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languish
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to lose strength; waste away
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larceny
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stealing
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lithe
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graceful; supple; limber; moving lightly
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