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41 Cards in this Set
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divested
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to strop, to deprive, to dispossess
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affectation
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false gestures; behavior intended to impress
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platitudes
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banal statements
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banal
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dull, unoriginal remarks
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hackney
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ordinary and boring
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trite
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overused, lacking originality
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insipid
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dull, flavorless
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augment
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to increase
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forestall
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to hinder
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intermittent
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irregular, happening from time to time
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pretext
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an untrue reason given for doing something in an attempt to conceal the real reason
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gaffe
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social blunder
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skulking
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to hide for sinister purposes
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exuberance
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full of enthusiasm
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carousing
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to become noisy
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furtiveness
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secretive
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candor
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honesty, openness
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placate
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sooth
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assuage
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sooth
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mollify
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sooth
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reproach
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criticize somebody
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assail
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attack somebody
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bemuse
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to confuse
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vigilant
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alert
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remiss
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careless
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ambivalent
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indecisive
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empirical
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based on experience or observation
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manipulative
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devious
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ascetic
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somebody who gives up all pleasures
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retrenchment
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cutting back of expenses
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furor
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fury
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cynicism
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extremely selfish, pessimistic, skeptical of people's motives
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approbation
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approval
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censure
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criticize
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galvanizing
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stimulate
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fomenting
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stimulate
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piquing
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arousing somebody's interest
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eradicate
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get rid of something completely
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mitigate
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to lessen
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dilatory
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to delay
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notoriety
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famous for something bad
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