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70 Cards in this Set
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enfranchise
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to give voting rights
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remuneration
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payment for work done
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licentious
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immoral, dissolute
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bilk
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cheat, fraud
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covert
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undercover, hidden
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engender
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to cause
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knotty
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complex, difficult to solve
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nuance
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something subtle, a finer shade of meaning
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abasement
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humiliation, degradation
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billowing
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swelling, fluttering, waving
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modicum
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a small amount
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nullify
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to make unimportant
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replete
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full
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abrogate
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cancel, deny, repeal
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blasphemy
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speech which offends religious sentiments
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harbingers
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bringers of warning, indicators
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nuzzle
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cuddle, snuggle
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absolution
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forgiveness, pardon
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ensconce
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establish firmly in position
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laceration
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a cut
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erudition
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learning acquired by reading or studying
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obdurate
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stubborn
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plausible
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can be believed, reasonable
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reprieve
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a respite, postponement of a sentence
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tawdry
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of little value, gaudy
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blighted
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destroyed, damaged, ruined
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enshroud
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cover
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lachrymose
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tearful, sad
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obfuscate
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deliberately make something hard to understand
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plethora
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excess
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guile
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cunning, deceit
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repudiate
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shun, eschew
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tedium
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boredom
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abstemious
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self-denying, refraining from indulgence
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blithe
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free-spirited, carefree
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crepuscular
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active at dawn and dusk
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lackluster
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dull, monotonous, bland
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objective
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unbiased, not subjective
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rescind
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retract, repeal
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temper
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to moderate, soften
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jovial
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cheerful
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abstruse
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hard to understand, obscure
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blunderbuss
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stubborn person
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envenom
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to cause bitterness and bad feeling
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hedonism
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self-indulgence, pleasure-seeking
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plumage
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feathers of a bird
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resignation
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acceptance of fate
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tenacious
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stubborn, resolute, holding firm to a position
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bolster
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support, prop up
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ephemeral
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short-lived
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motley
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made up of clashing things
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resolution
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determination
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acquiesce
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to agree, to give in
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bombast
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pompous, arrogant language
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epicure
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someone who appreciates good food and drink
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lampoon
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to ridicule; a ridicule or spoof
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resonant
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echoing
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tenuous
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flimsy, not solid
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acrid
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sharp, pungent (smell or taste)
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boorish
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ill-mannered
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quiescent
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quiet, inactive
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cynical
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believing that people act only out of selfish motives
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epistle
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a letter
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heresy
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against orthodox opionion
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lance
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spear, spike, javelin
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poignant
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deeply moving, strongly affecting emotions
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respite
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break, intermission
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acrophobia
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fear of heights
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debility
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weakness, incapacity
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languid
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tired, slow
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