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20 Cards in this Set
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Acrimonious
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Stinging, Bitter in temper or tone
Latin Sharp |
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Bovine
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resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive
Latin Ox, Cow |
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Consternation
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Dismay, confusion
Latin Strike down altogether |
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Corpulent
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fat; having a large bulky body
Latin Body |
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Disavow
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to deny responsibility for connection with
French Swear apart |
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Dispassionate
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impartial; calm, free from emotion
Latin apart suffering |
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Dissension
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disagreement, sharp difference of opinion
Latin to feel apart |
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Dissipate
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to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel
Latin to throw apart |
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Expurgate
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to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify
Latin to purge from |
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Gauntlet
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an armored protective glove; a challenge
Germanic Glove |
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Hypothetical
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based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea t guide or direct investigation
Germanic To put under |
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Ignoble
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Mean, low, base
Latin not noble |
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Impugn
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to call into question; to attack as false
root to fight in |
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Intemperate
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immoderate, lacking in self control; inclement
root not to temper |
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Odium
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hatred, contempt; disgracy or infamy resulting from hateful conduct
Latin to hate |
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Perfidy
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faithlessness, treachery
root detrimental to faith |
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Relegate
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to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turnover; to banish
root to send with a commission |
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Squeamish
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inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined
root easily nauseated |
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Subservient
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subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end
root to serve |
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Susceptible
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open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance
root to take up |
