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24 Cards in this Set
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alacrity
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quick willingness
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aspirant
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candidate for a better job
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belligerent
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seeking war, hostile
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belittle
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speak of as unimportant
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brash
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rude or disrepectful
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castigate
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punish, chastise
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disdain
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scorn
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dregs
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most worthless part
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feint
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pretense, sham
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frenzy
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frantic outburst
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intimidate
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to make afraid
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laceration
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rough cut
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octogenarian
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man of eighty
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promulgate
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make public, proclaim
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pugnacious
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combative
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scoff
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to mock
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scurrilous
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vulgar, using indecent language
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solace
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comfort
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sordid
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filthy, ignorable
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tangible
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able to be touched
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to throw down the gauntlet
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to offer a challenge
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feeling no pain
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under the influence of alcohol
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Hobson's choice
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to have no say in a matter
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to rule the roost
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be the boss, law down the laws
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