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30 Cards in this Set
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iconoclast
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person who opposes orthodoxy
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levity
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flippancy, joking about serious matters
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libertarian
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someone who opposes tyranny
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ruminate
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to think over something, to ponder
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demur
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to hesitate, refuse
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ignominious
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shameful, humiliating
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ruse
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trick, strategem
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saccharin
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falsely sweet
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transient
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short-lived, ephemeral
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sacrosanct
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very holy, inviolable
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exculpate
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to free someone from blame; to pardon or acquit
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exegesis
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scholarly explanation or interpretation
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salacious
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lecherous, baudy, erotic
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trite
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unoriginal, dull
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loquacious
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talkative
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cantankerous
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bad-tempered, quarrelsome
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truant
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(n) shirker, someone absent without permission
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impecunious
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(adj)having no money
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capacious
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(adj) spacious, roomy
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precipitous
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(adj) done or happening in a hurry; steep or abrupt (the precipitous slope caused many skiiers to fall)
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salutary
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something which teaches a lesson; beneficial
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truncate
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to cut short
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capitulate
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to surrender, give in to
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desecration
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the spoiling of something holy
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ossify
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to turn to bone, to become fixed and rigid
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sanctimonious
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hypocritically holy
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ameliorate
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to improve, make better
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preclude
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to prevent or make impossible
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carping
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(n) constant criticism
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lummox
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a clumsy person
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