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20 Cards in this Set
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to assert without proof or confirmation
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allege
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thoroughgoing, out-and-out, shameless, blatant, egregious
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arrant
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light and playful conversation
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badinage
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to overcome the distrust of, appease, pacify
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conciliate
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to cancel or reverse an order with another one that is contradictory
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countermand
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grades or insigia or rank or level
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echelon
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to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful
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exacerbate
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stupd or foolish ina self-satisfied way
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fatuous
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impossible to disprove; beyond argument
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irrefutable
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a massive and inescapable force or object
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juggernaut
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lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted
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lackadaisical
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a prayer consisting of short appeals to God, repetitive chant, a long list
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litany
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grisly, gruesome, horrible, distressing
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macabre
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inadequate quantity
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paucity
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indicate beforehand that something is about to happen, to warn
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portend
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to tear down
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raze
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to withdraw a statement, to "take back"
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recant
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to soak thoroughly
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saturate
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of a gloomy or surly disposition, sluggish or cold in mood
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saturnine
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to cast off, discard, to get rid of something
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slough
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