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124 Cards in this Set
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Flout
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Reject; mock; show contempt for
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Fluted
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Having vertical parallel grooves
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Fodder
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Coarse food for cattle
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Foible
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Weakness; slight fault
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Foist
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Insert improperly; palm
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Fop
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Dandy; man excessively preoccupied with his clothes
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Forbearance
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Patience
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Forensic
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Suitable to debate or courts of law
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Forestall
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Prevent by taking action in advance
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Formidible
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Inspiring fear or apprehension; difficult; awe-inspiring.
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Fray
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Brawl
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Frond
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Fern leaf
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Frieze
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Ornamental band on a wall
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Fritter
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Waste
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Froward
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Stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient
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Fructify
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Bear fruit
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Fulminate
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Denounce thunderously; explode
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Fulsome
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Disgustingly excessive
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Fusillade
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Simulataneous firing or outbust.
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Gadfly
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Animal-biting fly; an irritating person.
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Gaffe
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Social blunder
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Gainsay
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Deny
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Galleon
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Large sailing ship
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Gambit
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Opening in chess in which a piece of sacrificed
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Gamut
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Entire range
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Gazette
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Official periodical publication
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Genesis
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Beginning; origin
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Gentry
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People of standing; class of people just below
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Genuflect
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Bend te knee as in worship
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Germane
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Pertinent to a germ; creative
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Gerontocracy
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Government ruled by old people
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Gerrymander
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Change voting district lines in order to favor a political party
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Gingerly
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Very carefully
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Glean
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Gather leavings
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Glut
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Overstock; fill to excess
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Glutinous
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Sticky; viscous
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Goad
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Urge on
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Grandiloquent
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Pompous
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Granulate
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Form into grains
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Graphic
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Pertaining to the art of delineating; vividly described.
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Grate
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Make a harsh noise
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Gratis
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Free
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Gregarious
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Socialiable
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Grotto
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Small cavern
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Grouse
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Complain; fuss
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Gruff
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Rough-mannered
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Guileless
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Without deceit
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Gull
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Trick; hoodwink
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Guy
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Cable or chain attached to something that needs to be braced or steadied
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Hackles
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Hairs on back and neck; especially of a dog
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Halcyon
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Calm; peaceful
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Hale
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Healthy
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Hap
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Change; luck
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Hapless
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Unfortunate
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Harangue
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Lon, passionate and vehement speech
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Harbinger
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Forerunner
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Harrowing
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Agonizing; distressing; traumatic
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Haven
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Place of safety; refuge
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Headlong
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Hasty; rash
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Headstrong
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Stubborn
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Hermetic
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Sealed by fusion so as to be airtight
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Hermetic
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Obscure and mysterious
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Hereptologist
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One who studies reptiles
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Heterodox
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Unorthodox
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Hew
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Cut to pieces with ax or sword
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Hibernal
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Wintry
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Hinterlands
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Back country
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Hireling
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One who serves for hire
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Hirsute
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Hairy
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Histrionic
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Theatrical
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Hoary
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White with age
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Homily
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Sermon; serious warning
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Hone
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Sharpen
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Horatory
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Encouraging; exhortive
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Hue and cry
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Outcry
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Humility
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Humbleness of spirir
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Hummock
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Small hill
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Husband
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Use sparingly; conserve; save
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Husbandry
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Frugality; thrift
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Ichtyhology
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Study of fish
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Iconoclastic
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Attack cherished traditions
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Idolatry
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Worship of idols
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Idyllic
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Charmingly carefree; simple
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Ignoble
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Unworthy; not noble
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Igominy
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Deep disgrace
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Illimitable
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Infinite
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Imbroglio
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Complicated situation
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Imbue
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Saturate, fill
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Immolate
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Offer as a sacrifice
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Immure
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Imprison; shut up in confinement
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Immutable
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Unchangeable
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Impair
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Injure; hurt
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Impasse
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Predicament from which there is no escape
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Impassive
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Without feeling; imperturable
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Impede
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Hinder; block
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Impenitent
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Not reentant
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Imperious
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Domineering
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Impermeable
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Impervious; not permitting passage
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Impertinent
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Insoluent; rude
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Imperturable
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Calm placid
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Impervious
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Impenetrable; incapable of being damaged
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Implacable
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Incapable of being pacified
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Implicit
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Understood but not stated
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Implode
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Burst inward
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Impolitic
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Not wise
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Imponderable
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Weightless
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Importunate
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Beg persistently
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Importune
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Beg persistently
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Imprecation
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Curse
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Impregnable
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Invulnerable
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Imprecation
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Curse
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Improvident
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Thriftless
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Impugn
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Dispute or contradict
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Impuissance
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Powerlessness; feebleness
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intrepid
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courageous
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ratify
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accept
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Abrogate
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To abolish by authoritative actions
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Improvident
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Thriftless. He was constantly being warned to mend his improident ways and begint o save for a rainy day
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Impugn
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Dispute or contradict; gainsay
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Impuissance
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Powerlessness; feebleness
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Impute
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Attribute; ascribe. If I wished to impute blame to the officers in charge of this program, I would state my feelings definitely and immediately.
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Incarnate
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Endowed with flesh
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Incarnation
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Act of assuming a human body and human nature
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Inchoate
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Recently begun; rudimentary; elementary.
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