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22 Cards in this Set
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e'lan
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(n) enthusiastic liveliness, spirit
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dissipate
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(v) to cause to disappear; to scatter; to spend fooleshly, squander
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disavow
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(v) to deny responsibility for
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conducive
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(adj)- beneficial, fostering, favorable
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expurgate
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(v)- to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to purify or cleanse
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dispassionate
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(adj)- free from emotion, calm; impartial
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consternation
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(n)- dismay and confusion; amazement or shock
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dissension
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(n)- dismay and confusion; amazement
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bovine
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(adj)- resembling a cow or ox; sluggish and un-responsive; slow and stupid
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acrimonious
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(adj)- stinging; bitter in temper or tone; hostile
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corpulent
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(adj)- fat; having a large, bulky body
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subservient
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adj- submissively obedient; servile
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perfidy
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n- fakelessness, treachery; treason, disloyalty
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hypothetical
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adj- based on a guess or assumption; to gude and direct investigation
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impugn
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v- to call into question, to challenge, to attack as false
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odium
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n- hatred; disgrace that results from hteful conduct
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intemperate
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adj- lacking in self control; inclement, stormy and uncontrollable
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ignoble
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adj- mean, dishonerable, inferior
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squeamish
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adj- inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset
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susceptible
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adj- open to, easily influenced; lacking in resistance
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gauntlet
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n- an armered or protective glove; a challenge to combat; a challenge or deal; two lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run between them
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relegate
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v- to banish; to place in a lower position
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