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159 Cards in this Set
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belie
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give a false impressure of
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coercive
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compel by force or authority
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craven
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lacking courage
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discomfit
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to defeat, put down
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dissemble
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to disguise or conceal
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garrulous
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pointlessly talkative
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buttress
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support or prop for a wall
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centrifuge
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machine taht spins very swiftly about a central axis, and, using centrifugal force, separates disparate substances
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desiccate
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to dry out, to make dull or dry
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divest
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remove or strip, especially clothing
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intransigent
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refusing to compromise
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propagate
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to cause spread or multiply
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rarefy
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to become less dense
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aberrant
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veering form the norm
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anachronistic
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belonging to another time; removed from natural chronological order
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commensurate
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matching; corresponding or proportionate in degree, size, or amount
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distention
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the state or act of extending or being swollen
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emulate
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imitate with the goal of rivaling or surpassing
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corroborate
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to confirm
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glib
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marked by carelessness
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goad
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to urge on,
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laconic
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using few words, terse
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soliloquy
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speech made to one's self, monologue
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taciturn
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not talkative
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tacit
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implied, not exactly stated
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wheedle
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to coax, persuade
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illusory
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deceptive
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preempt
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to replace, supercede
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prodigal
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profusely wasteful, extravagant
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burnish
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to polish
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consternation
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dismay
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probity
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adherence to teh highest principle
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brook
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to tolerate
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pied
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multicolored
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abscission
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tthe act of cutting off or removing
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acarpous
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effete, no longer fertile
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accretion
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growth
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antipathy
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aversion, dislike
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apocryphal
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of dubious authenticity
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apprise
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give notice to, inform
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arabesque
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ornate design
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arcane
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mysterious
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arrant
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impudent
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assay
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an analysis, to put to the test
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asseverate
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to allege, aver
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assiduous
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hard-working
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auspice
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protection or support
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baleful
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sinister
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bedizen
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adorn
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beatify
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bless, make happy
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bilge
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bulge
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blandish
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to fawn
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blithe
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carefree, merry
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byzantine
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complex
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caparison
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to adorn
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captious
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calculated with intention of confusing or entrap in argument
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cavil
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to find fault without good reason
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churlish
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boorish, vulgar
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coda
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end of music piece
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coeval
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of the same period, coexisting
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cozen
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to deceive
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craven
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lacking courage
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defalcate
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to embezzle
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descant
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to comment at length
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diaphanous
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transparent, gauzy
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doggerel
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trivial, poorly constructed verse
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dross
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slag, waste, impurity
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dulcet
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melodious, harmonious, mellifluous
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dynamo
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a generator
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edacious
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voracious
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effluvia
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outflow in a stream of particles
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egress
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exit
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equipoise
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equal distribution of weight
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evince
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to indicate, show clearly
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expiate
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atone, make amends for
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expostulate
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to discuss at length
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extant
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existing
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fallow
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dormant, inactive
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feckless
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irresponsible
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fetid
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smelly, stinking
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filigree
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an ornamented work
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foment
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to rouse
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fracas
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noisy quarrel
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fractious
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noisily quarrelsome
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froward
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intractable, not willing to yield
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gossamer
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delicate, insubstantial, insincere
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hallow
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to make holy, consecrate
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hirsute
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hairy, shaggy
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ignominous
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shameful
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importune
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to beg, ask incessantly
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insular
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narrow-minded
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interdict
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prohibit
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itinerate
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to travel from place to place, peregrinate
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jibe
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to agree, be in accord
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jocose, joculate
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humorous, gay, blithe
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labile
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opento change, unstable
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lambaste
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to berate
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lassitude
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languor, weariness
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limn
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to draw, to outline in detail
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limpid
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transparent
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luculent
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clear, easy to understand
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macerate
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to waste away, soften or wear away by excessive fasting
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malinger
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feign illness to avoid work
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maunder
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to digress
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mettle
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courage
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natty
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smart, trimly neat
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noisome
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offensive, especially to one's sense of smell
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nostrum
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cure-all
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nugatory
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trifling, inconsequential
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overweening
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presumptuously arrogant
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peccadillo
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a slight offense, a minor sin
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peregrination
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traveling about, wandering
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personable
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pleasing in appearance
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petrous
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like a rock, hard
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phlegmatic
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lethargic
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picaresque
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involving clever rogues
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pillory
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to punish, hold up to public scorn
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proscribe
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to banish
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provident
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frugal, looking to the future
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raffish
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flashy, low, vulgar
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rebus
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a riddle, representation of words by pictures or symbols
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recidivism
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relapse into antisocial tendencies
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recondise
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confusing, mysterious
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refractory
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stubborn
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regale
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to delight or entertain, to fease
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remonstrate
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to protest object
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runic
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magical, mysterious
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sanguine
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cheerful, confident
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seine
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large net used to catch fish
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sidereal
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pertaining to stars
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simper
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to smirk, a silly smile
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sinecure
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position requiring little or no work usually providing an income
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sinuous
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winding
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slake
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to satisfy, quench
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sophomoric
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self assured, but immature
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stanch
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to stop the flow of a fluid
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splenetic
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bad tempered
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stint
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to restrain, to be sparing
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striated
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striped, grooved
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succor
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relief in time of distress
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sundry
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various
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supine
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morally slack,
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tampt
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to plug, to drive in or down by a series of blows
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tautology
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a redundancy
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toady
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a flatterer
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tractable
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obedient
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travesty
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mockery
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tumid
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swollen
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umbrage
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offense, resentment
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upbraid
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to scold
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usury
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the practice of charging an exorbitant rate of interest
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vaunt
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to brag or boast
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venal
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capable of being bought or bribed
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venerate
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to worship
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verisimilitude
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appearance of truth
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virago
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a loud, domineering woman
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volubility
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fluency
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welter
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to toss about
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wend
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to proceed
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