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25 Cards in this Set
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abstruse
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difficult to understand, concealed, complex,
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affable
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easy and pleasant to speak to, courteous, amiable,
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audacity
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-intrepid, excessive boldness, rashness, daring,
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contrite
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penitent, sorry
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credulous
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gullible
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depravity
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moral corruption
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deprecate
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to disapprove, to belittle, to express mild disapproval
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didactic
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moralize excessively
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dormant
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inactive
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enigmatic
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puzzling
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erudite
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having profound knowledge
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exotic
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foreign, unfamiliar
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fuse
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meld, to join
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immutable
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meld, to join
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incorrigible
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not susceptible to change
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15. incorrigible
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not reformed
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16. loathe
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abhorring, to detest
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17. mitigate
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to make less severe, to cause to become less hostile
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18. nullify
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invalidate
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19. pacifism
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objections to war or any type of violence
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20. pretentious
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demanding a position of distinction without merit
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21. prologue
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introduction or preface
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22. recant
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to make a formal retraction
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23. servile
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overly submissive
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24. trepidation
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apprehension
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