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20 Cards in this Set
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acrimonious
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stinging, bitter in temper or tone
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bovine
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resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive
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consternation
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dismay, confusion
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corpulent
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fat
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disavow
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to deny responsibility for or connection with
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dispassionate
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impartial; calm, free of emotion
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dissension
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disagreement, sharp difference of opinion
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dissipate
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to cause to disappear; to scatter, to spend foolishly
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expurgate
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to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text
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gauntlet
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a challenge, 2 lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run between them
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hypothetical
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based on an assumption or guess; conditional
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ignoble
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mean, low, base
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impugn
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to call into question; to attack as false
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intemperate
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immoderate, lacing in self-control; excessive
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odium
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hatred, contempt
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perfidy
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faithlesness, treachery
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relegate
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to place in a lower position
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squeamish
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inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset
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subservient
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subordinate in capacity or role, secondary, servile
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susceptible
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open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance
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