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20 Cards in this Set
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Acrimonious
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(adj.) stinging, bitter in temper or tone
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Bovine
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(adj.) resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive
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Consternation
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(n.) dismay, confusion
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Corpulent
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(adj.) fat; having a large, bulky body
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Disavow
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(v.) to deny responsibility for or connection with
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Dispassionate
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(adj.) impartial; calm, free from emotion
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Dissension
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(n.) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion
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Dissipate
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(v.) to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to send foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit or pleasure
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Expurgate
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(v.) to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify
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Gauntlet
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(n.) an armored or protective glove; a challenge; two lines of men armed with weapons with which to be a person forced to run between them
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Hypothetical
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(adk.) based on an assumption or guess
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Ignoble
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(adj.) mean, low, base
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Impugn
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(v.) to call into question; to attack as false
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Intemperate
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(adj.) immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement
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Odium
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(n.) hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct
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Perfidy
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(n.) faithlessness, treachery
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Relegate
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(v.) to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish
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Squeamish
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adj.) inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined
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Subservient
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(adj.) subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end
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Susceptible
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(adj.) open to; easil influenced; lacking in resistance
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