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19 Cards in this Set
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contention
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verbal strife, argument, quarrel
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calumny
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slander
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titillated
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stimulated pleasurably
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prodigious
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wonderful, amazing, enormous, monstrous
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contiguous
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touching, near, bordering
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defamation
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slander
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anarchy
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have no rule or order
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inculcation
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impressing upon the mind by frequent repetition
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abrogation
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repeal, annulment
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malevolence
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ill-will
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scourge
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a whip, to torment, to punish, the punishment
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propititation
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something that causes good will or appeases or conciliates
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resurgence
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a rising again
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laxity
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laziness
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lascivious
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wanton, tending to excite lustful desires
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trepidation
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fear
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licentious
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dissolute, lascivious, libertine
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ameliorate
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make better, improve
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effrontery
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boldness, impudence, presumption
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