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30 Cards in this Set
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abate
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to lessen, to reduce
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aggrandize
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to increase in power, reputation and influence
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attenuate
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to reduce in force or decree, to weaken
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austere
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severe or stern in appearance, undecorated
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bolster
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to support, to prop up
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candid
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impartial and honest in speech
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castigate
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to punish or critisize harshly
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chicanery
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deception by means of craft or guile
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cogent
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convincing and well reasoned
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condone
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overlook, pardon or disregard
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corroborate
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to provide supporting evidence
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convoluted
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intricate and complicating
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credulous
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too trusting, gullible
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decorum
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etiquette
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deference
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respect, courtesy
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contempt
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to disdain
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defer
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to postpone, to delay
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desiccate
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to dry out througly
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desultory
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haphazard, random
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diatribe
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an abusive, condemnatory speech
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diffident
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lacking self-confidence
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stem
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to arise,to descend
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macerate
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to soak, to steep
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dilatory
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intended to delay, sluggish
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amateurish
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dilettanish, unskillful
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dirge
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funeral hymn or mournful speech
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disparate
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incompatible, fundamentaly different
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disparage
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to dishonour, to discredit
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dissemble
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to disguise
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dogmatic
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authoritative, peremptory
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