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20 Cards in this Set
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Acrimonious |
stinging, bitter in temper or tone |
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Bovine |
resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive |
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Consternation |
dismay, confusion |
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Corpulent |
fat; having a large, bulky body |
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disavow |
to deny responsibility for or connection with |
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dispassionate |
impartial; calm, free from emotion |
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dissension |
disagreement, sharp difference of opinion |
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dissipate |
to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure |
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edxpurgate |
to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify |
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gauntlet |
an armored or protective glove; a challenge; two line of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run between them; an ordeal |
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hypothetical |
based on assumption or guess; used as provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation |
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ignoble |
mean, low, base |
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impugn |
to call into question; to attack as false |
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intemperate |
immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement |
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odium |
hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct |
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perfidy |
faithlessness, treachery |
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relegate |
to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish |
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squeamish |
inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined |
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subservient |
subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end |
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susceptible |
open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance |
