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40 Cards in this Set
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acrimonius
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stinging, bitter in temper or tone
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bovine
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resembline a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive
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consternation
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dismay, confusion
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corpulent
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fat; having a large, bulky body
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disavow
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to deny responsibility for or connection with
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dispassionate
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impartial; calm, free from emotion
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dissension
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disagreement, sharp difference of opinion
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dissipate
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to cause to disappear; scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure
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expurgate
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to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text to cleanse, purify
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hypothetical
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based on an asumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation
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ignoble
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mean, low, base
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impugn
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to call into question; to attack as false
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intemperate
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immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement
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odium
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hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct
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perfidy
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faithlessness, treachery
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gauntlet
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an armored or protective glove; a challenge; two lines of ment armed with weapons with which to beat a person
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relegate
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to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish
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squeamish
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inclined to nausea; easlily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined
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subservient
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subordinate in capacityor role; submissively obedient; servint to promote some end
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susceptible
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open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance
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abate
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to make less in amount, degree, ect; to subside, become less; to nulify; to deduct, omit
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adulation
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praise or flattery that is execssive
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anathema
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an object of intense dislike; a curse or storng denunciation
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astute
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shred, crafty, showing practical wisdom
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avarice
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a greedy desire, particularly for wealth
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culpable
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deserving blame, worthy of condemnation
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dilatory
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tending to delay or procrastinate, not prompt, intended to delay or postpone
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egregious
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conspicuous, standing out from the mass
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equivocate
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to speak or act in a way that allows for more thant one intrepetation; to be deliberately vague or ambiguous
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evanescent
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vanishing, soon passing away; light and airy
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irresolute
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unable to make up one's mind, hesitating
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nebulous
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cloudlike, resembling a cloud; cloudy in color, not transparent; vague, confused, indistinct
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novice
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one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experience
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penury
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extreme poverty, barrenness, insufficiency
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pretentious
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done for show, striving to make a big impression; claiming merit or positon unjustifiably, making demands on one;s skill or abilities, ambitious
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recapitulate
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to review a series of facts; to sum up
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resuscitate
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to revive,bring back to consciousness or existence
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slovenly
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untidy, dirty, careless
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supposition
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something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence
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torpid
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inactive, sluggish, dull
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