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45 Cards in this Set
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Usury
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lending money at illegal rates of interest
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Usurp
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Seize another's power or rank
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Ursine
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Bearlike, pertaining to a bear
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Urbane
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Suave, refined, elegant
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Upshot
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Outcome
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Upbraid
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Severely scold, reprimand
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Unwitting
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Unintentional, not knowing
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Unwiedly
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Awkward, cumbersome, unmanageable
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Untrammeled
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Without limits or restriction, unrestrained
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Untoward
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Unfortunate or unlucky, adverse, unexpected
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Untenable
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Indefensible, not able to be maintained
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Unsullied
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Untarnished
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Unsightly
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Ugly
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Unseemly
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Unbecoming, indecent, in poor taste
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Unsavory
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Distateful, morally offensive
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Unrequited
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No reciprocated
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Unprepossessing
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Unattractive
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Unpalatable
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Disagreable, distastable
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Unmitigated
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Unrelieved or immoderate, absolute
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Unique
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Without an equal, single in kind
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Uninhibited
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Unrepressed
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Unilateral
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One-sided
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Unguent
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Ointment
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Ungainly
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Awkward, clumsy, unwiedly
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Unfrock
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To strip a priest or minister of church authority, to disbar a lawyer, to unfrock a priest, to suspend a Dr's license to practice
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Unfledged
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Immature
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Unfettered
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Liberated, freed from chains
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Unfeigned
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Geniune, real
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Unfaltering
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Steadfast
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Unerringly
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Infallibly
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Unequivocal
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Plain, obvious
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Unearthly
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Not earthly, weird
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Undulating
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Moving with a wavelike motion
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Underlying
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Fundamental, lying below
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Unction
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The act of anointing with oil
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Uncouth
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Outlandish, clumsy boorish
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Unconscionable
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Unscrupulous, excessive
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Uncanny
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Strange, mysterious
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Unbridled
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Violent
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Unassuming
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Modest
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Unassuaged
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Unsatisfied, not soothed
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Unassaible
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Not subject to question, not open to attack
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Unanimity
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Complete agreement
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Unaccountable
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Inexplicable, unreasonable or mysterious
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Umbrage
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Resentment, anger, sense of inquiry or insult
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