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22 Cards in this Set
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Denizen
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a resident
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Contingent
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likely but not certain to happen
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Foist
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to pass as worthy or genuine
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Corroborate
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to confirm
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Abstemious
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self-discipline, abstinence
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Disseminate
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To scatter widely
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Florid
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hightly colored, reddish
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censurable
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deserving of blame or correction
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discursive
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drifting or wandering
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dowdy
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poorly dressed, shabby
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accentuate
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to emphasize
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specious
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deceptive, lacking real merit
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perceptive
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having insight or understanding
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palpable
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capable of being touched or felt, easily recognized
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sear
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to make or become dry and withered
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satiate
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to fill to excess
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gauche
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awkaward, lacking in social graces
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inculcate
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teach persistently and earnestly
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heresy
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the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred
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pernicious
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extremely harmful
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quail
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to shrink back in fear
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salient
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leaping, jumping, standing out
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