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22 Cards in this Set
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(N.) An enthusiastic vigor and liveliness, spirit; a flair
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elan
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(V.) To cause to disapper; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure
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dissipate
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(V.) To deny responsibility for or connection with
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disavow
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(Adj.) tending to promotee or assist, helpful, favorable
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conducive
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(V.) To remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify
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expurgate
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(Adj.) Impartial; calm, free from emotion
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dispassionate
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(N.) Dismay, confusion
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consternation
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(N.) Disagreement, sharp difference of opinion
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dissension
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(Adj.) Resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive
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bovine
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(Adj.) Stinging, bitter, in temper or tone
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acrimonious
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(Adj.) Fatl having a large, bulky body
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corpulent
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(Adj.) Subordinate in capacity or role; serving to promote some endl submissively obedient.
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ignoble
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(N.) Faithlessness, treachery
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perfidy
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(Adj.) Based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct ivestigation.
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hypothetical
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(V.) To call into question; attacka as false
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impugin
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(N.) Hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct.
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adium
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(Adj.) Immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement
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intemperate
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(Adj.) Mean, low, base
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subservant
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(Adj.) Inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined
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sqeamish
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(Adj.) Open to; easily influenced; lacking on resistance
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susceptible
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(N.) An armored or protective gloce; a challenge to combatl two lines of men armored with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run betweem them; an ordeal
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gauntlet
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(V.) To place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish
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relegate
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