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25 Cards in this Set
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abjure
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to restrain from, renounce, recant
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abnegate
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To deny, relinquish, surrender
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accost
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to speak to attackers in a harsh or challenging way
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ascetic
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rigourously austere and strict
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ambulate
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to wander from place to place
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antenatal
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before birth
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antiquary
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an expert in antiques
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arboretum
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somewhere trees are studied
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auspice
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a favoring or protecting guidance
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bulwark
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a wall of defence
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cabal
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the artifices or intriques of a group of people secretly united in plot
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castigate
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to punish severely
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comestible
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edible
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connubial
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of or relating to marriage
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cuplable
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guilty, criminal, meriting condemnation
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desiccant
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a drying agent
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discomfit
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to embarass or put into a state of perplexity
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dissever
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divide
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ebullient
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joyously unrestrained
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egregious
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outrageously bad
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foppish
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extreme elegance in dress and manner
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foible
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a distinctive behavioral attribute
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frowsy
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scruffy or negligent in appearance
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irascible
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easily provoked and irritable
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licentious
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morally bad
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