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15 Cards in this Set
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pander
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To exploit weaknesses of others; to cater to the vices of others
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Otiose
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Useless; futile
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Puerile
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Childish; Juvenille
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Aleatory
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Dependent on luck or chance
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Asperity
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Roughness or Harshness; Severity
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Renunciation
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Rejection; refusal to acknowledge
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unimpeachable
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unquestionable; beyond doubt
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Inveigh
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To dissaprove angrily; to protest
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Lionize
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To assign great ssocial importance to; to treat as a celebrity
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Allay
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To releive; to allevieate
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Vitriate
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To corrupt morally; to contaminate
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Recalcitrant
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Stubbornkly resist; showing opposition
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Exegisis
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An explanation of a text; a critical interpretation
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Ameloriate
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To make better; to improve
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Profligate
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Wasteful and immoral
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