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22 Cards in this Set
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abscond
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to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
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assuage
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to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
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censure
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to criticize severely; to officially rebuke
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disabuse
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to undeceive; to set right
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enervate
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to weaken; to reduce in vitality
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equivocate
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to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent (adj. form: equivocal)
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exculpate
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exonerate; to clear of blame
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fulminate
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to loudly attack or denounce
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laud
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to praise highly (adj. form: laudatory)
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obviate
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to anticipate and make unnecessary
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prattle
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to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
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precipitate
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to cause to happen before anticipated or required
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prevaricate
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to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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recant
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to retract, esp. a previously held belief
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refute
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to disprove; to successfully argue against
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relegate
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to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position
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squander
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to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
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stupefy
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to stun, baffle, or amaze
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stymie
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to block, thwart
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waver
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to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
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abate
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to lesson in intensity or degree
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ameliorate
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to make better or more tolerable
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