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14 Cards in this Set
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condescension
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lowering self to a level less dignified than one's own
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umbrage
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feeling of resentment, getting mad
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interdict
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to prohibit an action or the use of a thing
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cantankerous
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difficult or irritating to deal w/
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habiliments
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clothing
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succint
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marked by compact precise expression w/o wasted words; concise
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elucidate
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to make clear or plain; to explain
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stolid
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having or expressing little or no feeling; not easily stirred or excited; unemotional
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glean
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to gather grain; to gather info
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volition
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the act or power of making one's choices or decisions
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connivance
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pretending ignorance of or fainling to take action against something one ought to oppose
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acquiscence
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accepting, aggreeing, or giving consent by keeping silent or by not raising objections
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ligigant
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a person taking part in a lawsuit
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pestilence
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contagious or infectious epidemic disease that spreads quickly
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