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29 Cards in this Set
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Pliant
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bending readily; flexible
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Detonate
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to explode with suddenness and violence
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Drub
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to beat with a stick or the like; cudgel; flog; thrash
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Exegesis
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critical explanation or interpretation of a text or portion of a text
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Catholic
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broad or wide-ranging in tastes, interests, or the like
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Adulate
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to show excessive admiration or devotion to
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Adulterate
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to debase or make impure by adding inferior materials or elements
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Fetid
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having an offensive odor; stinking
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Affinity
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a natural liking for or attraction to a person, thing, idea, etc.
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Ambulatory
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moving about or from place to place
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Amorphous
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lacking definite form; having no specific shape
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Avuncular
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of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an uncle
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Burgeon
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to grow or develop quickly; flourish
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Castigate
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to criticize or reprimand severely
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Censure
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strong or vehement expression of disapproval
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Censorious
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severely critical
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Commensurate
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having the same measure; of equal extent or duration
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Corpulent
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large or bulky of body; portly; stout; fat
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Cupidity
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eager or excessive desire, esp. to possess something; greed; avarice
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Defenestration
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the act of throwing a thing or esp. a person out of a window
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Exigent
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requiring immediate action or aid; urgent; pressing.
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Fulminate
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to explode with a loud noise; detonate.
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Impugn
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to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
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Mellifluous
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sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding
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Dulcet
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pleasant to the ear; melodious
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Nascent
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beginning to exist or develop
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Obdurate
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unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding.
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Augur
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to conjecture from signs or omens; predict
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Disquiet
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lack of calm, peace, or ease; anxiety; uneasiness
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