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20 Cards in this Set
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abstemious
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characterized by abstinence and self-dicipline
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censurable
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deserving of blame or correction
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contingent
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likely but not certain to happen
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corroborate
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make more certain, verify
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denizen
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one who frequents a place
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discursive
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passing aimlessly from one place to another
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disseminate
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to scatter or spread widely
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dowdy
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poorly dressed, shabby
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florid
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highly colored, reddish
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foist
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to impose by fraud
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gauche
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awkward, lacking social graces
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heresy
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an opinion different from accepted belief
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inculcate
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to impress on the mind by repetition
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palpable
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capable of being touched or felt
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perceptive
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having sympathetic insight or understanding
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pernicious
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extremely harmful; deadly
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salient
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leaping, jumping, or springing forth
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satiate
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to satisfy completely, to fill to excess
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sear
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to make or become dry and withered
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specious
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apparently good or valid but lacking real merit
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