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12 Cards in this Set
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capricious
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whimsical, fanciful, impulsive
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castigate
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to punish, chastise, criticize severely
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cataclysm
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a violent upheaval, an eathquake, a flood
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cavil
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to quibble, to raise trivial objections, find fault with unnecessarily
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chary
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careful, cautious, wary
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chicanery
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deception or trickery
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chimerical
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wildly fanciful, absurd
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circumlocution
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wordy language, an indirect, roundabout expression
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clout
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influence, a forceful blow
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comport
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to behave
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compunction
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remorse, feeling uneasy after having done something
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concomitant
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accompanying, attending, going along with
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