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26 Cards in this Set
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beleaguer
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to harrass, beseige
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bestow
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to present, confer
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blandishment
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enticing action or speech
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bromide
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platitude, commonplace
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brook
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to tolerate it
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bucolic
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rustic
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burgeon
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developing suddenly
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cabal
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group of plotters, clique
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cachet
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stamp of approval
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cacophony
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bad noise
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cadaverous
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haggard, ghastly
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cadge
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to get by begging
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cajole
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to wheedle, coax by promises and flattery
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callow
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immature
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calumny
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slander, smear
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canard
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hoax, false rumor
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candor
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frankness, openness, sincerity
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canon
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rule or general principle
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cant
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insincere talk; jargon
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cantankerous
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irritable, grouchy
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capitulate
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to surrender
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capricious
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impulsive, erratic
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captious
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faultfinding and nit-picking
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carnal
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sensual
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carnivorous
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meat eating
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carp
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complaining, faultfinding
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