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120 Cards in this Set
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stygian
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gloomy, dark
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inimatable
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defying imitation, unmatchable
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maladroit
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clumsy, bungling
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extirpate
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to destroy, exterminate
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inchoate
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not yet fully formed
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minatory
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menacing, threatening
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froward
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intractable, not willing to yield
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forswear
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renounce, disallow
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coeval
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of the same period, coexisting
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endemic
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prevailing in a specific area
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illusory
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deceptive
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prosaic
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everyday, commonplace
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wag
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to be incessently active, also a mischievous person
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lucubrate
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write in a scholarly fashion
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pundit
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a learned scholar
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irresolute
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unresolved, indecisive
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fetter
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to shackle, to put in chains
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complaisance
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obliging, willingness to please
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dissemble
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to hide, conceal, disguise
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august
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majestic, venerable
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baneful
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causing harm or ruin, destructive
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mercurial
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quick, changeable in character
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brook
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to tolerate, to endure
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abrogate
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to abolish or annul by authority
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paean
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a song of praise or triumph
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facetious
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humorous, funny
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noisome
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smelly, putrid
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sophomoric
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self-assured though immature
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flout
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reject, mock, to go against
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prolix
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long and wordy
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untoward
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perverse and unseemly
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forestall
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prevent by taking action in advance
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derivative
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unoriginal, obtained from another source
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insularity
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narrow-mindedness, isolated
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obfuscate
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to darken, make obscure, muddle
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occult
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hidden, concealed
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calumniate
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to slander, prevent false accusal
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odium
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contempt, dislike
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irascible
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irritable, easily angered
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stymie
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to hinder, obstruct
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ineluctable
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certain, inevitable
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officious
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meddlesome, pushy in one's services
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pedantic
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bookish, showing off learning
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alloy
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to debase by mixing with something inferior
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alacrity
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cheerful promptness
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ramify
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to be divided or subdivided, to branch out
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mollify
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to soothe
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denigrate
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blacken, belittle, defame
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propitiatory
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conciliatory, appeasing
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broach
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bring up, begin to talk about
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doggerel
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trivial, poorly constructed verse
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apotheosis
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deification, glorification to godliness
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maverick
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rebel, nonconformist
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mendicant
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a beggar
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peripatetic
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walking
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spurious
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false, counterfit
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effluvia
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outflow in a stream of particles
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bedizen
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to adorn, esp. in a cheap, gaudy, way
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fatuous
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complacently stupid
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paradigm
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a model, example, or pattern
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harangue
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long, passionate speech
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recidivism
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relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior
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countenance
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to favor or approve of
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undulate
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to move in a wavelike fashion, fluctuate
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petrous
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like a rock, hard, stony
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fulsome
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disgusting, offensive due to excessiveness
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eulogy
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formal praise
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gregarious
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sociable, outgoing
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virago
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loud, domineering woman
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nexus
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a connection, tie, link
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iconoclastic
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attacking cherished beliefs
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probity
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uprightness, incorruptibility
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torpid
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sleeping, sluggish, lethargic
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succor
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assistance, relief in tome of distress
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expurgate
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to remove obscenity, censor
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malleable
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yielding, easily shaped
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recondite
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profound, obscure, abstruse
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sinuous
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winding, serpentine
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lubricious
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lewd, wanton, greasy, slippery
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chauvinist
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a blindly devoted patriot
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abjure
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recant solemnly, renounce
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contemn
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to scorn or despise
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consternation
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sudden confusion or amazement
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debacle
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a breakup, overthrow, sudden disaster
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exsert
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thrust out, push forth
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floridness
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ruddiness, heavily decorated, ornateness
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inured
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accustomed to, adapted
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involute
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intricate, complex
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mendacity
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dishonesty
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plaintive
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mournful, melancholy, sorrowful
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prevaricate
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to stray from the truth
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poseur
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someone taking on airs to impress others, a phony
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quotidian
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daily, commonplace, pedestrian
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regale
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to delight and entertain, feast
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stentorian
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extremely loud and powerful
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suppliant
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asking humbly, beseeching
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stint
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to be thrifty, to set limits
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specious
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illogical, of questionable truth or merit
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tautology
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a repetition, a redundancy
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timorous
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fearful, timid, afraid
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whet
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sharpen
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wanton
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immoral, lewd
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slough
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to cast off
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sunder
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to break or force apart
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reticence
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restraint in speech, reluctance to speak
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perdition
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eternal damnation
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relegate
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dismiss to a lower position
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modicum
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limited quantity
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jingoistic
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extremely patriotic, ext. nationalistic
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juncture
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a point of joining
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insipid
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boring and stupid
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inculcate
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to teach persistently and earnestly
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guffaw
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sudden loud laughter
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engender
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to cause, to produce
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embroil
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involve in hostility or argument
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dub
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to honor with a new title
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despoil
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to take possessions be force, to plunder
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corrugated
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highly folded
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conundrum
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a puzzle
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angular
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lean, sharp-cornered, gaunt
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