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29 Cards in this Set
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Pliant
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easily bent, flexible
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detonate
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to explode
verb |
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drub
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to thrash with a stick
verb |
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exegesis
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critical analysis
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catholic
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universal
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adulate
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to praise/ admire excessively
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adulation
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excessive flattery
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adulterate
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to make impure by adding bad ingrediants
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fetid
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having a bad odor
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affinity
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having a natural attraction
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ambulatory
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capable of walking
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amorphous
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shapeless
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avuncular
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relating to a uncle
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burgeon
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to begin to grow
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casticate
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to inflict severe punishment on
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censure
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an expression of strong disapproval
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censor
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a person authorized to examine material in order to determine what is objectable
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censorious
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highly critical
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commensurate
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proportional
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corpulent
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excessively fat
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cupidity
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excessive desire
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defenestration
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the act of throwing someone out of a window
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exigent
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urgent
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fulminate
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to explode, verbal attack
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impugn
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to attack as false / questionable
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mellifluous
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flowing with a sweet sound
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dulcet
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pleasing to the ear
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nascent
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coming into existance
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obdurate
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inflexible
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