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98 Cards in this Set
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deign
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v to lower oneself
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devise
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v to plan
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peripheral
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adj auxiliary
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heinous
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adj shockingly evil
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cantankerous
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adj ill tempered
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pine
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v to long for
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prodigal
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adj recklessly wasteful
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reparation
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n something making up for a wrong
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stringent
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adj strict
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wan
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adj sickly pale
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tarry
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v to delay or linger
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preclude
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v to rule out in advance
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quintessential
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adj most typical example
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dogged
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adj persistent
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curt
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adj sparing of words
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adroit
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adj having skill in handeling situations
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assay
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v to prove or test
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prefigure
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v to suggest beforehand
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pre i figure that
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remnant
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n left overs
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asunder
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adv into parts or peices
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grievous
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adj causing sorrow
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winsome
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adj charming delightful
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admonish
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v caution lightly scold
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fallacious
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adj tending to deceive
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erroneous
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adj mistaken incorrect
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berate
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v to scold strongly
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demure
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adj reserved modest
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rapture
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n great joy
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redress
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n compensation for a wrong
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blithe
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adj cheerful
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peruse
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v to examine in a leisurely manner
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loathsome
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adj disgusting
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pious
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adj marked by conspicous religiosity
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impediment
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n obstruction
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dishearten
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v to cause to lose spirit
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exude
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v to ooze
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garnished
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adj decorated
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stupor
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n state of confusion
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reprehensible
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adj deserving blame
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baseless
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adj without reason
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germane
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adj revelent and appropriate
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glean
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v to gather or aquire
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harangue
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n rant of speech
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havoc
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n confusion
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disposition
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n ones usual mood
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emaciated
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adj starving and thin
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rhetoric
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n insencere language
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illicit
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adj illegal
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coy
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adj flirtatiously shy
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emanate
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v to come from a source
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diatribe
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n abusive speech
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incarnation
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n concrete form of a concept
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is the ... of goodness
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invective
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n insulting language
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juxtaposition
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n act of placing two things side by side
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lament
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v to show sorrow
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lassitude
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n condition of listlessness
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mercurial
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adj rapid changeableness in modd
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mitigate
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v to make less severe
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munificent
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adj liberal in giving lavish
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nefarous
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adj wicked and evil
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obviate
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v to anticipate and prevent or make unneccesary
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unfounded
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adj lacking sound basis
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paragon
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n model of excellence
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derision
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n contempt or ridicule
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pernicious
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adj highly injurious or destructive
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deadly
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plethora
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adj abundance or excess
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pundit
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n one who gives opinions
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raze
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v to destroy
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rescind
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vt to take back to cancel
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reverent
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adj worshipful
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salubrious
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adj promoting health
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sedentary
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adj settled
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specious
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adj having deceptive attraction or allure
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welter
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v to be in turmoil to toss about
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avouch
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v assert positively to affirm
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strident
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adj harsh and insistent
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tenacious
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adj persistent
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taciturn
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adj untalkative
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ubiqiuitous
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adj being everywhere at once
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venal
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adj immoral corruptable
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volition
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n choosing, will
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querulous
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adj habitually complaining
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covet
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v to desire
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capitulate
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v to surrender
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endeavor
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n purposeful activity enterprise
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spurious
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adj decietful
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excuses
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tangential
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adj incidental peripheral
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temper
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v to dilute
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effusion
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n unrestrained outpouring of feeling
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fastidious
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adj meticulous
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workmanship
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ardent
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adj passionate
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dross
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n discarded or useless material
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inexorable
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adj relentless
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ascertain
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v to find out with certainty
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endowment
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n funds donated to an institution
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foretaste
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n advance indication or warning
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foretaste of a hurricane
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conjecture
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n guess work
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injunction
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n act of stopping a command
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