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22 Cards in this Set
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Allege
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to assert without proof
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Arrant
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Thorough going, out and out, shameless, blatant
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Badinage
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light playful conversation; a dialogue full of delight
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Conciliate
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overcome the distrust of, appease, pacify
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Countermand
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cancel or reverse one order or command with another
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Echelon
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one of a series of levels or grades
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Exacerbate
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to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful
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Fatuous
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stupid or foolish in a self satisfied way
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Irrefutable
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impossible to disprove, beyond argument
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Juggernaut
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massive inescapeable force; something that crushes everything in its path
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Lackadaisical
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lacking spirit; half hearted
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Litany
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prayer cpmsisting of short appeals to god; any repetetive chant
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Macabre
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gruesome, girzly, horrible, disinteresting, regarding death
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Melange
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a mixture of medley
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Paucity
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an inadequate quality; scarcity
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Portend
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to indicate before hand
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Raze
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demolish, tear down, destroy completely
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Recant
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withdraw a statement or belief
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Saturate
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soak thoroughly, fill to capacity
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Saturnine
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gloomy or surly disposition, sluggish in mood
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Slough
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to cast off, discard, get rid of aomething
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Substantive
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pertaining to the essence or substance of something, solid, of major importance
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