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20 Cards in this Set
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abstemious
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(adj) moderate, sparing
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censurable
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(adj) deserving of blame
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contingent
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(adj) likely but not certain to happen, possible
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corroborate
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(v) to confirm, make more certain
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denizen
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(n) an inhabitant, resident
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discursive
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(adj) rambling, roaming, nomadic
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disseminate
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(v) to scatter or spread widely
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dowdy
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(adj) poorly dressed, shabby
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florid
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(adj) highly colored, reddish
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foist
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(v) to impose by fraud
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gauche
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(adj) awkward, tactless
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heresy
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(n)an opinion different from accepted belief
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inculcate
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(v) to impress on the mind by repitition
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palpable
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(adj) capable of being touched or felt
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perceptive
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(adj) having sympathetic insight or understanding
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pernicious
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(adj) extremely harmful
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salient
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(adj) leaping, jumping,or springing forth
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satitate
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(v) to satisfy completely
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sear
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(v) to make or become dry and withered
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specious
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(adj) deceptive
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