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102 Cards in this Set
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unable or unwilling to act prudently; shortsighted; nearsighted
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Myopic
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having the odor of decaying flesh.
thoroughly corrupt, depraved, or evil. |
Putrid
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defending or protecting from disease or infection, as a drug.
preventive or protective. |
Prophylactic
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neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping
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Oblique
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fit or suitable for drinking
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Potable
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a person who forsakes his religion, cause, party, etc.
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Apostate
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a large group or collection; a group of birds
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Bevy
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a person empowered to decide matters at issue; judge; umpire.
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Arbiter
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an official who works by fixed routine without exercising intelligent judgment; civil servant
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Bureaucrat
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(in England) a lawyer who is a member of one of the Inns of Court and who has the privilege of pleading in the higher courts; any lawyer
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Barrister
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a tall, powerful, aggressive woman
Classical Mythology. one of a race of female warriors said to dwell near the Black Sea |
Amazon
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a person, as a handyman or servant, employed to do all kinds of work around the house
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Factotum
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an agent sent on a mission of a secret nature, as a spy; ambassador
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Emissary
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a person who breeds animals, plants, etc., esp. in order to improve the strain
person who has a special liking |
Fancier
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a person who kindles strife or encourages unrest; an agitator; troublemaker
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Firebrand
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the branch of zoology dealing with insects
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Entomologist
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any tyrant or oppressor; a ruler with absolute power
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Despot
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wellborn and well-bred people; aristocracy
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Gentry
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irritating person; cattle-biting fly
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Gadfly
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a representation or image, esp. sculptured, as on a monument; a doll or dummy
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Effigy
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a person or thing of no importance
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Nonentity
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a method of divination through alleged communication with the dead; black art
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Necromancer
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1. A physician who treats diseases of the eyes; an ophthalmologist.
2. An optometrist. |
Oculist
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a person who pretends to more knowledge or skill than he or she possesses; quack
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Charlatan
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a person who sells quack medicines, as from a platform in public places, attracting and influencing an audience by tricks, storytelling, etc.
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Mountebank
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a servile follower or subordinate of a person in power; brownnoser
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Minion
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an important, powerful, or influential person
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Mogul
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a woman who is the founder or dominant member of a community or group
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Matriarch
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depraved, villainous, or base; heretical
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Miscreant
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a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; personnel
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Retinue
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the number of members of a group or organization required to be present to transact business legally, usually a majority
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Quorum
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1. a lawyer who uses unprofessional or questionable methods.
2. a person who gets along by petty, sharp practices. |
Shyster
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person who fights with the fists; a boxer, usually a professional.
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Pugilist
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a soldier stationed as a guard to challenge all comers and prevent a surprise attack
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Sentinel
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businessman who procures and supplies provisions
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Purveyor
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cause confusion
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Obfuscate
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Servile; excessively attentive
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Obsequious
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Noisy; boisterous
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Obstreperous
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get rid of
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Obviate
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One who believes that god is in all things
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Pantheist
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unobstructed view of whole area
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Panorama
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Neologism
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Coining of new words
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violation of logic
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Paralogism
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within the material world
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Intramundane
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within the walls of a community
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Intramural
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associated; accompanying
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Concomitant
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meeting place of two rivers; flowing together
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Confluence
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a destructive fire, usually an extensive one
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Conflagration
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unpredictability ; act on whims ; fickleness.
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Capriciousness
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lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference
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Disparity
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insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity
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Guile
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the act, fact, or process of diminishing; lessening; reduction
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Diminution
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put forward for investigation ; theory with assumptions requiring proof
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Supposition
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great disgrace ; deep humiliation ; dishonor ; shame.
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Ignominy
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distinctive behavior, typically odd in nature ; individual trait ; eccentricity.
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Idiosyncrasy
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to expand by stretching, as something hollow or elastic
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Distend
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imitate ; follow as example ; match or surpass.
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Emulate
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throw light on ; enlighten ; explain.
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Elucidate
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spread widely ; scatter like seeds ; distribute widely.
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Disseminate
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cancel a law ; repeal.
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Rescind
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reduce in intensity ; settle down ; quieten ; lower to normal level
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Subside
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abandon ; disown ; reject ; give up formally
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Renounce
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condemn for a fault ; rebuke
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Reprove
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disown ; deny the truth of ; reject
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Repudiate
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not self-indulgent (in eating and drinking) ; temperate ; sparing in food and drink.
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Abstemious
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unpredictable ; randomly chosen
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Arbitrary
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with good judgment ; having insight and understanding ; mentally quick ; observant
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Discerning
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casual ; not thorough ; hasty or hastily done
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Cursory
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ridged ; shaped into grooves and ridges alternately ; wrinkled
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Corrugated
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talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous
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Loquacious
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attacking established traditions
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Iconoclastic
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unable to repay one's debts ; bankrupt
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Insolvent
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not readily handled or managed in use or action, as from size, shape, or weight; awkward; ungainly
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Unwieldly
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superficial ; done with no enthusiasm, thought or care ; not thorough ; lacking effort and interest
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Perfunctory
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marginal ; of only minor importance ; outer ; of or on the fringes of a subject
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Peripheral
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concise and expressive ; brief and meaningful
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Pithy
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wealthy ; abundant ; luxurious
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Opulent
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wasteful ; extravagant with money
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Prodigal
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falsehood ; forgery ; counterfeit ; phoney
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Spuriousness
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not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive
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Stolid
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the study of flags
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Vexillology
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a suspension of activity; an authorized period of delay or waiting
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Moratorium
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critical explanation or interpretation of a text or portion of a text, esp. of the bible
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Exegesis
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the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, esp. through certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music
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Catharsis
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1. an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off [syn: abrasion]
2. severe censure |
Excoriation
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sincere penitence or remorse
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Contrition
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not knowing; unaware; ignorant; oblivious; unconscious
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Unwitting
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the state of being an accomplice; partnership or involvement in wrongdoing
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Complicity
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growing old; aging.
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Senescent
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a person of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise, field of business, etc
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Magnate
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a complex whole formed by combining
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Synthesis
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very limited or narrow in scope or outlook; provincial
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Parochial
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emoval or separation; banishment or exile
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Sequestration
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1. the character, qualities, practices, etc., of learning.
2. slavish attention to rules, details, etc. |
Pedantry
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an ungrateful person
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Ingrate
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a model or pattern of excellence or of a particular excellence
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Paragon
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1. given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
2. inordinately greedy; predatory; extortionate |
Rapacious
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a very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault
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Peccadillo
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having no equal; matchless; unrivaled; unsurpassed
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Peerless
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to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.)
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Promulgate
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integrity and uprightness; honesty
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Probity
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Extreme nationalism characterized especially by a belligerent foreign policy; chauvinistic patriotism
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Jingoism
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