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75 Cards in this Set
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heinous
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evil
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insurgent
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rebellious
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megalomania
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delusions marked by a feeling of power
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sinecure
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position that pays but requires no real work
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surreptitious
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furtive
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transgress
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violate
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transmute
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change
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vicarious
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to live through someone else
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vouchsafe
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condesecend to grant
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austere
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strictness
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beneficent
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doing acts of kindness
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cadaverous
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corpse liek
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concoct
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make up
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crass
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insensitive
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debase
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lower in quality
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desecrate
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to profane
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desist
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cease
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scurrilous
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vulgar
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resilient
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ability to bounce back
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flout
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scorn
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addendum
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something added
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filch
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steal
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expostulate
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reason with
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vitriolic
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sharp, bitter
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precept
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guidelines
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inadvertent
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unintentional
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fractitous
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unrulty
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caveat
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warning
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equitable
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just and impartial
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immutable
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constant
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scathing
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cutting
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anomolous
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abnormal
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impugn
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to challenge as false
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culpable
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guilty
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supposition
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belief
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torpid
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lazy
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accrue
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accumlate
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annotation
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explanatory nore
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antediluvian
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antiquated
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avarice
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greed
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astute
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intelligent
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anathema
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curse
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susceptible
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vulnerable
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adulation
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adoration
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abate
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subside
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subservient
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submissive
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squeamish
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easily upset
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relegate
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downgrade
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perfidy
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treachery
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odium
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hatred
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intemperate
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unbalanced
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ignoble
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dishonorable
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hypothetical
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theoritcal
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gauntlet
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metal glove
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expurgate
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to cleanse
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elan
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enthusiasm
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dissipate
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scatter
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arbiter
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judge
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unwiedly
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awkward
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transient
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fleeting
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aspersion
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damaging remark
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straitlaced
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prudish
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cajole
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coax
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soporific
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sleep inducing
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castigate
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criticize
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scourge
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to whip
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contrive
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think up
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salutary
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helpful
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demagouge
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leader who holds power by impassioned speeches
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bizarre
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strange
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disabuse
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rid of false ideas
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brusque
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abrupt
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vapid
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dull
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sepulchral
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somber
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prognosticate
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predict; fortell
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