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112 Cards in this Set
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aprocryphal:
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doubtful
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bona fide
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authentic
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candor
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frankness, straightforward
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collateral:
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pledged for loan
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commodity
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a product
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conglomerate:
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a corrporation made of many companies
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cant
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boring talk
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liquidate:
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settle debt by selling something off
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charlatan
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imposter
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lucrative
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profitable
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chicanery
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trickery
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security
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stock or bond
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feign
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to pretend
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adulterate
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make impure
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insidious
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secretly harmful
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bane:
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a cure-all
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rectitude
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righteousness
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pernicious
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very harmful
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veritable
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real; actual
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salutary:
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helpful
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accrue
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to accumulate
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toxic
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poisonous
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arbiter
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the judge in the dispute
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vitiate
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reduce in value
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audit
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examine finances
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cartel
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group of business formed to control pricing
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eponym
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a name is source of a word
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polyglot
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use of several languages
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patois
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nonstandard dialect
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linguistic
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study of languages
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appellation
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name or title
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contingent
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conditional
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neologism
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a new word
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volatile
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unstable
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proclivity
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inclination
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modulate
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to adjust
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inceterate
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firmly establish
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stymie
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thwart, prevent
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acumen
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keen insight
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tenet
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belief
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surmise
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guess
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obfuscate
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make confusing
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ruminate
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think deeply
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abstemious
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restricted to rare necessities
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abeyance
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suspension
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malinger
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fake illness
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tangential
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slightly connected
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derision
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mocking/ridicule
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scurrilous
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vulgar/abusive
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onerous
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difficult to bear
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assiduous
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conscientious
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incumbent
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holding a position
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feckless
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ineffective
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balk
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stubbornly refuse
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tractable
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manageable
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presumotuous
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excessively bold
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propitiate
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to appease, regain friendship
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volition
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one's own free will
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cantankerous
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disagreable
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acquiesce
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to agree without protest
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deft
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quick/skillfull
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consummate
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complete
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prescient
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foresight
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prowess
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great strength
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endowment
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natural ability
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exigency
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urgent crisis
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query
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question
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elicit
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bring out
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injunction
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a command
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beseech
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beg
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servile
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behave like a servant
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enjoin
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prohibit
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mendicant
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begger
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cajole
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urge with gentle methods
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imperious
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arogantly bossy
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prodigious
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extroardinary
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behemoth
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great size
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emulate
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strive to equal
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rendition
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artistic interpretation
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banal
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unoriginal
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platitude
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overused remark
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respectively
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reffering in order
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quorum
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minimum number of people needed to make a decision
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ingenious
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clever
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ingenuous
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unable to decieve
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abdicate
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give up high office position
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catharsis
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release of emotional tension
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recant
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take back statement
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waive
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give up voluntarily
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absolve
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clear of guilt
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rescind
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take back
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impunity
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exemption from punishment
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arbitration
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dispute settled by the impartial party
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descretion
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good judgment
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attache
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special staff on diplomatic mission
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zenith
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peak
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peerless
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no match
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culminate
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reach completion
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optimum
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best
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inimitable
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impossible to imitate
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eclipse
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exceed
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quintessence
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purist essence
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epitome
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defining example
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retribution
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deserved punishment
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breach
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violation
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schism
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a spilt wintin a group
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altercation
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noisy disagreement
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afront
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obvious insult
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bellicose
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aggressive
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dissension
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difference of opinoin
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rancor
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bitter resentment
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contentious
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contriversal
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