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21 Cards in this Set
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collate
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to compare critically
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foment
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to promote rebellion / to warm
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abet
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to encourage (bad)
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encumber
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to burden / to block
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connoisseur
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an expert (can pass judgements)
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blatant
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offensively noisy / obvious
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disconsolate
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unhappy / cannot be consoled
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buttress
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to support
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aver
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to say confidently
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carousal
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noisy boasting (drunkeness)
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broach
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to break of the surface of water
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nonplussed
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puzzled
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prolific
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abundant
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opportune
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convenient for a purpose / happening at a good time
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incontrovertible
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unquestionable
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grisly
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scary
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rejoinder
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a reply to a reply (ex. court)
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predilection
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a preference
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magniloquent
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expressed in lofty (extra) language
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inauspicious
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unlucky
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impassive
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showing no emotion
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