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30 Cards in this Set
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acrimonious
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(adj.) stringent, bitter in temper or tone
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dispassionate
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(adj.) impartial; calm; free from emotion
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hypothetical
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(adj.) based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation
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perfidy
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(n.) faithlessness, treachery
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bovine
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(adj.) resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive
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dissension
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(n.) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion
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ignoble
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(adj.) mean, low, base
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relegate
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(v.) to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over, to banish
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consternation
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(n.) dismay, confusion
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dissipate
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(v.) to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in the pursuit of pleasure
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smatch
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small amount
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knave
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servant or person of humble birth
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betimes
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from time to time
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ague
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flu or fleering
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fleering
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flattering
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hie
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hurry
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prithee
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pray thee (beg you)
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humor
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temper or disposition
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saucy
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presumptuous
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apoplexy
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(n.) incapacity or speechlessness caused by extreme anger
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opia
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(n.) the ambiguous intensity of looking somebody in the eye, which can feek simultaneously invasive and vulnerable
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asperity
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(n.) harshness or roughness in temper
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impecunious
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(adj.) having little or no money; penniless; poor
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coruscant
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(adj.) giving forth a hypocritical appearance of piety
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egregious
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(adj.) outstandingly bad, shocking
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skullduggery
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(n) underhand dealing; trickery
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sanctimonious
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(adj.) giving a hypocritical appearance of piety
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extradite
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(v.) hand over (a person convicted or accused of a crime) to the jurisdiction of the foreign state in which the crime was committed
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besotted
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(adj.) strongly infatuated, intoxicated, drunk
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