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38 Cards in this Set
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Affectation
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fake behavior; artificilaity
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bane
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fatal injury/ruin
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boon
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a benefit bestowed
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bowdlerize
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to remove offensive portions from a book
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burgeon
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to grow and flourish
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capitulate
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to surrender
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chagrin
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keen feeling of mental unease, as of annoyance or embarassment
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clandestine
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done in secret
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complaisant
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cheerfully obliging
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complicity
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involvement as an accomplice in a questionable act or crime
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effusive
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unrestrained emotional expression; gushy
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exonerate
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to free from blame
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extemporize
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to perform w/o prior preparation
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impecunious
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lacking money
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imperious
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arrogantly domineering
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impetus
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a stimulus
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impugn
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to attack as false or questionable
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incantation
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ritual recitation or verbal charms/spells
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inundate
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to flood
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jocular
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characterized by joking
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lambaste
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to denounce
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marginal
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barely within a lower standard or limit of quality
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maudlin
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excessively sentimental
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mitigate
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to lessen
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momentous
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of utmost importance
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obsequious
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fawning; kissing up
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panache
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spirited quality; verve
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petulant
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irritable
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precarious
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unstable
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prescience
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foresight
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quibble
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to find fault or criticize for petty reasons; cavil
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redolent
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suggestive; reminiscent
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slighting
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disparaging; belittling
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strident
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loud, harsh, grating; discordant
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ungainly
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lacking grace
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vernal
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pertaining to the spring season
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vignettes
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brief descriptive sketches
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guileless
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not deceitful or crafty
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