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15 Cards in this Set
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Cite
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To quote as an authority or example; to refer to
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Acumen
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Quickness, accuracy; keen insight
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Abrasive
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Harsh and Rough in manner; sharply disagreeable
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Incense
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To make angry, infuriate; to enrage
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Saucy
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Impertinent in an entertaining way; defiant
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Civility
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Courteous behavior; politeness
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Beguile
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TO deceive by trickery; to delude
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Covert
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Not openly practiced; secret
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Pernicious
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Tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly
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Laud
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to give praise to; to exalt
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Usurp
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To seize and hold by force without legal authority; to take over or occupy without right
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Untenable
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incapable of being defended; cannot be held
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Volatile
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Tending to vary; inconstant
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Bode
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To be an omen of; to predict
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deprecate
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to express disapproval of; to belittle
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