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45 Cards in this Set
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squalor
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filth, degradation, soridness
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expurgate
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remove objectionable material from a book; bowdlerize; purify
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brine
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salty water
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dross
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wasre; refuse
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sot
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preson made foolish by excessive drinking
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abstemious
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not eating or drinking
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approximate
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nearly correct
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jettison
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throw (goods) overboard to lighten a ship or plane; discard
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adjacent
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lying near or next to
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purge
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cleans; purify;rid of undesired element or person
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immaculate
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spotless; absolutely; clean; pure; faultless
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venerable
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worthy of respect because of age
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senile
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showing the weakness of age
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veteran
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1. experienced person in occupation
2. ex0member of the armd forces |
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inebriated
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drunk, intoxicated
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contiguous
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touchnig, adjoining
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environs
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districts surroundings a place, suburbs
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dipsomania
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abnormal, uncontrollable
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sober
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not drunk or serious
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purge
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cleans; purify;rid of undesired element or person
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flotsam
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wreckage of shit
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starboard
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pertaining to the right-hand side of a ship when you face the bow( forward) (ant: port)
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propinquity
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1. kinship
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teetotaler
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person who stays away from drinking totally
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mariner
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sailor; seamen
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marine
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of the sea or shipping; nautical; maritime
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doldrums
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1. calm windless part of ocean
2. listlessness |
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leeward
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in the direction away from the wind (ant: windward)
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contaminate
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make impure by mixture; pollute (ant: decontaminate)
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jettison
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throw (goods) overboard to lighten a ship or plane; discard
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jetsam
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goods cast overboard to lighten a ship in distress
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carrion
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decaying flesh of a carcass
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offal
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waste parts of a butchered animal;
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sloven
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person ahbitually untidy, dity, or careless in dress,v habits, etc
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slatternly
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untidy; dirty from habitual neglect; slovenly
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sully
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tarnish' besmirch; defile
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juxtapose
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put side by side, put close together
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squalid
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filthy from neglect; dirty; degraded
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superannuated
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retired on pension
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justaposition
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close or side by side position
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yore
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long ago
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carousal
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jovial feast, drinking party
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sobreity
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temperance, abstinance
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sordid
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filthy, vile
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bow
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foward part of ship
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