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30 Cards in this Set
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stinging,bitter in temper or tone
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acrimonious
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resembling a cow or ox;sluggish,unresponsive
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bovine
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dismay, confusion
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consternation
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fat,having a large,bulky body
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corpulent
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to deny responsibility for or connection with
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disavow
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impartial;calm,free from emotion
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dispassionate
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disagreement,sharp difference of opinion
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dissension
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to cause to disappear,to scatter,dispel,to spend foolishly
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dissipate
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to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse,purify
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expurgate
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an armored or protective glove;a challenge;2 line of men armed with weapons
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gauntlet
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based on an assumption or guess;used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation
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hypothetical
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mean,low,base
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ignoble
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to call into question;to attack as false
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impugn
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immoderate,lacking in self-control;inclement
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intemperate
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hatred,contempt;disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct
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odium
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faithlessness,trechery
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perfidy
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to place in a lower position; to assign,refer,turn over;to banish
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relegate
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inclined to nausea;easily shocked or upset; excessively
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squeamish
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subordinate in capacity or role;submissively obedient;serving to promote some end
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subservient
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open to;easily influenved;lacking in resistance
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susceptible
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stolid,dull,slow,stupid
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bovine
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overweight,heavy,obese,stout,portly
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corpulent
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unbiased,disinterested,cool,detached
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dispassionate
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purge,censor,bowdlerize
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expurgate
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dare,provocation,trial,punishment
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gauntlet
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inferior,unworthy,dishonorable,sordid
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ignoble
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excessive,extreme,unrestrained,inordinate
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intemperate
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abhorrence,opprobrium,shame,ignominy
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odium
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betrayal,disloyalty,treason,duplicity
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peridy
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nauseated,queasy,delicate,oversensitive,priggish
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squeamish
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