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45 Cards in this Set
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attrition
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a gradual wearing away; a gadual diminishing in number or strength due to stress; a gradual reduction in membership or personnel numbers due to retirement or resignation
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augment
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add to; to make or become greater; enlarge; increase
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prurient
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characterized by or arousing an interest in sexual matters
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circumspect
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heedful of consequences; careful to examine alll sides of an issue before deciding or proceeding
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catharsis
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purgation, esp. for the digestive system; a purifying or fugurative cleansing of the emotions
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guile
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cunning; deceitfulness
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concede
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admit as true, acknowledge; allow to have, grant, yield
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duress
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use of force, complsion
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veneer
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cover with a layer of something else to gove the appearance of superior quality; surface appearance or show
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libel
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a written ar published statement tending to damage a person's reputation or subject someone to public ridicule and disgrace
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squalor
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misery and dirt; filth
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caricature
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picture, cartoon, or description that exaggerates the peculairities or defects of a person or thing
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propensity
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a natural tendency or bent; leaning
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qualms
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sudden distrubing feeling of the mind; uneasiness, misgiving, doubt; disturbance or scruple of conscience
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prerogative
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right of privilege; right belonging to a person, class, etc. by reason of status of some kind
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aberration
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a deviation from the right path or usual courses of action; an abnormal structure or development
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illicit
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not permitted by law, forbidden
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amble
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an easy slow pace in walking; to walk slowl and sasually
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criteria
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rules or standards for making judgements
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enamored
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inflamed with love
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mortification
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a feeling of shame or humiliation
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corroborate
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make more certian; confirm; support
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exodus
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a going out or departure, usually of a large number of people
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interdict
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to prohibbit or forbid, restrian prohibitation based on authority; formal order forbidding
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stricture
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an unfavorable criticism; critical remark; abnormal narrowing of a duct or tube; a binding restriction
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impotent
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powerless, helpless; incapable of having sexual intercourse
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alleged
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asserted without proof, claimed, declared
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derive
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to obtain from a source, get, reveive; to obtain by reasoning deduce; trace from or to asource or origin
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revelation
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act of making known; the thing made known; disclosure of divine truth and will to humans
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teem
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to be full of, abound, swarm
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desultory
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jumping from one thing to another; unconnected; without aim or method; random; lacking in consistency or visible order
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inordinate
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much too great; excessive; not kept within proper limits
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bogus
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fake; counterfeit
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austere
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sever or stern in disposition or appearance; somber, grave; without adornment or ornamentation
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invective
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a put-down or abusive expression ; denunciatory
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ingenuous
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without sophistication or worldliness; artless; openly straightforward; frank; candid
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euphemism
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the substitution of a mild, indirect or vayge expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh or blunt
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aggrandize
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to make greater; increase
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amenable
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agreeaable
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transitory
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existing only briefly
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sallow
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of a sickly yellow color
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decadence
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process, condition, or period of deterioration; decay
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abyss
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the primeval chaos; the bottomless pit; hell; an unfathomable
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hallowed
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to make or set apart as holy; consecrate
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unobtrusive
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not readily noticed; inconspicuous
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