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50 Cards in this Set
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conciliatory
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appeasing, soothing, showing willingness to reconcile
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credible
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capable of being believed, plausible
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exnerate
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to freem from blame
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incontrovertible
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indisputable, not open to question
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indict
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to officially charge with wrongdoing or a crime
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litigious
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prone to engage in lawsuits
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partisan
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devoted t oor biased in support of a cause
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parity
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equality
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rectitude
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moral uprightness
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remiss
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lax in attending to duty, negligent
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repudiate
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to reject the validity or authority of
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sanctimonious
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feigning piety or righteousness
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scrupulous
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principled, having a strong sense of right and wrng
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solicitous
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concerned
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sophistry
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plausible but misleading or fallacious argument
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substantiate
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to support with proof or evidence
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veracity
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adherence to the truth, truthfulness
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vindicate
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to free from blame
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cajole
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to urge with repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery
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chicanery
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trickery
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obsequious
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fawning and servile
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sycophant
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insincere, obsequious flatterer
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altruism
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unselfish concern for the welfare of others, selflessness
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eminent
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distinguished, prominent
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empathy
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identificiation with and understanding of another's situation
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extole
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to praise higihly
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laudatory
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full of praise
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magnanimous
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courageously or generously noble
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philanthropic
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humanitarian
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reciprocate
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to mutually take or give
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defunct
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no longer existing or functioning
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eradicate
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to get rid of as if by tearing it up by the roots, abolish
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expurgate
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to remove objectionable content before publication or release
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extirpate
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to destroy
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quell
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to put down forcibly
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raze
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to level to the ground
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squlech
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to crush as if by trampling, squash
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supplant
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to usurp the place of
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stymie
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to thrwarp
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abase
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to lower in rank, pretige, or esteem
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deride
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to mock contemptuously
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derogatory
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insulting or intended to insult
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disparage
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to speak of negatively, to belittle
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effrontery
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brazen boldness
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ignominy
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great personal dishonor or humiliation
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impugn
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to attak as false or questionable
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mar
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to damage
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pejorative
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belittling, insulting
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vex
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to annoy or bother, to perplex
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vindictive
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disposed to seek revenge
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