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30 Cards in this Set
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obsequiousness
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(n) A fawning manner; a showing of a great desire to obey or please
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remonstrance
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(n) Protest or objection
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importunity
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(n) An urgent or repeated request or demand
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redress
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(v) To set right a wrong; to make amends
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impenitently
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(adj) Without shame or regret
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magnanimous
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(adj) Generous; noble-minded
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self-abnegating
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(n) Self-denying; lacking consideration for oneself
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contentious
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(adj) Quarrelsome; argumentative.
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venerable
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(adj) Worthy of respect because of age or position
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emissary
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(n) A person sent on a specific mission
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laudable
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(adj) Worthy of being praised
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irresolute
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(adj) Indecisive; wavering in purpose
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profligates
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(n) People who are immoral or recklessly wasteful
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supplication
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(n) A humble request
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acclamation
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(n) Enthusiastic approval
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refractory
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(adj) Stubborn; hard to manage
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ubiquitous
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(adj) Being, or seeming to be, everywhere
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ostensible
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(adj) seeming
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superciliously
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(adv) Scornfully; in a haughty or contemptuous way
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assiduously
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(adv) In a carefully and constantly attentive way
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palpable
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(adj) That can be touched or felt
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proscribed
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(v) Denounced or forbidden; also, published, as the name of a condemned person
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interpose
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(v) to come between
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apocryphal
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(adj) of doubtful authenticity; not genuine
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diffidence
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(n) lack of confidence in oneself; hesitation
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turbid
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(adj) Muddy or cloudy, as water; foul
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dissolute
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(adj) immoral, corrupted
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pensive
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(adj) thinking seriously, especially of sad things.
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parley
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(n) a talk for the purpose of settling a dispute.
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inundation
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(n) flooding; an overwhelming with a great amount of everything
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