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40 Cards in this Set
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Contentious
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Tending to argument or strife
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demurred
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hesitation based doubt of acceptablitly
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Vetted
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Take to a vetinarian
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acrimonious
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caustic, biting, or racorous, especially in feeling, language or manner
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tussled
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struggled roughly
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obliquely
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indirectly or evasively
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elucidate
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to make clear or lucid
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pinioned
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disabled or restrained by binding the arms
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bantam
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a person of diminutive stature and often combative disposition
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florid
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very flowery or ornate in style
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habiliments
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clothing worn for a special occasion
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untrammeled
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without impediment or confiement
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sibilant
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producing a sound resembling an s or sh
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mollified
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soothed in temper or disposition; softened
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purloined
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stolen, gotten by wrongful means
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Succinct
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expressed in few words' consice, terse
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duress
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forceible restraint or restriction; compulsion by stress
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acquiescence
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agreement or consent by silence or without objections; compliance
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ruefully
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mournfully or regretfully
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connivance
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tacit encouragement
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eluded
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escaped the perception, understanding, or grasp of
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garish
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crudely or tastelessly showy or elaborate
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akimbo
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with hand on hip and elbow bent outward
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annals
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a record of events is a yearly sequence
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arid
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very dry
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feral
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of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast
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aggregation
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a group or mass of distinct varied things
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carnal
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pertaining to the flesh or the body
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temerity
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unreasonable ro foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition
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gleaning
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gathering information bit by bit
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volition
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choice or decision made by free will
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scurry
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to move in a brisk pace, scamper
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myopic
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near or shortsighted, narrow minded
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repertoire
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a list or supply of pieces one is prepared to perform
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manacles
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shackles for the hands,
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sordid
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marked by baseness or lowness
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expunge
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to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion
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stolidly
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done as with having or expressing little or sensibilitly
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unmitigated
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being so definitely what is stated as to offer little chance or change or relief
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resilient
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springing back, returning to the original form after being bent, compressed or stretched
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