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20 Cards in this Set
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Stinging, bitter in temper or tone |
Acrimonious |
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Resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive |
Bovine |
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Dismay, confusion |
Consternation |
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Fat; having a large, bulky body |
Corpulent |
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To deny responsibility or connection with |
Disavow |
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Impartial; calm, free from emotion |
Dispassionate |
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Disagreement; sharp difference of opinion |
Dissension |
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To cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure |
Dissipate |
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To remove objectional passages or worse from a written text; to cleanse, purify |
Expurgate |
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And armor or protect the glove; a challenge; two lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run between them; an ordeal |
Gauntlet |
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Based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to Guide or direct investigation |
Hypothetical |
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Mean, low, base |
Ignoble |
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To call into question; to attack is false |
Impugn |
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Immoderate, lacking in self control; inclement |
Intemperate |
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Hatred, contempt; describe infamy resulting from hateful conduct |
Odium |
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Faithfulness; treachery |
Perfidy |
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To place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turnover; to banish |
Relegate |
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Inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined |
Squeamish |
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Subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end |
Subservient |
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Open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance |
susceptible |
