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180 Cards in this Set
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abridge
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abbreviated communication
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bilious
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bad mood
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acerbic
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biting as in wit
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apace
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act quickly
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dilettante
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beginner/amateur
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abet
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assist
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burgeoning
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beginner/young
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fatuous
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boring
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hackneyed
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boring
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abrupt
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act quickly
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novitiate
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beginner/amateur
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compendium
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abbreviated communication
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dudgeon
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bad mood
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ancillary
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assist
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proselyte
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beginner/amateur
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cursory
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abbreviated communication
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curtail
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abbreviated communication
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irascible
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bad mood
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acrimonius
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biting (as in wit or temperament)
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tyro
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beginner/amateur
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callow
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beginning/young
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insipid
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boring
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nascent
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beginning/young
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espouse
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assist
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mainstay
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assist
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inchoate
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beginning/young
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pettish
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bad mood
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umbrage
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bad mood
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caustic
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biting (as in wit or temperament)
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asperity
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biting (as in wit or temperament)
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mordacious
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biting (as in wit or temperament)
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terse
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abbreviated communication
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headlong
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act quickly
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impetuous
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act quickly
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munificient
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assist
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stalwart
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assist
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sustenance
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assist
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incipient
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beginning/young
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quotidian
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boring
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trite
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boring
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pedestrian
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boring
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platitude
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boring
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engender
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beginning/young
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bacchanalian
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riotous drinking party
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carousal
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riotous drinking party
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dissipated
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riotous drinking party
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libertine
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riotous drinking party
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libidinous
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riotous drinking party
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licentious
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riotous drinking party
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capricious
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changing quickly
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mercurial
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changing quickly
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ribald
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riotous drinking party
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salacious
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riotous drinking party
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turpitude
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riotous drinking party
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facitious
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copy
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paradigm
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copy
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quintessence
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riotous drinking party
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vicarious
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copy
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aspersion
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criticize
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calumny
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criticize
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diatribe
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criticize
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gainsay
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criticize
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harangue
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criticize
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objurgate
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criticize
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obloquy
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criticize
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opprobrium
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criticize
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pillory
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criticize
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vituperate
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criticize
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elegy
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death
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knell
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death
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macabre
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death
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moribund
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death
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obsequies
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death
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sepulchral
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death
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wraith
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death
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abnegate
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to deny oneself
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ascetic
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to deny oneself
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despotic
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dictatorial
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imperious
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dictatorial
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peremptory
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dictatorial
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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bemusing
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difficult to understand
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esoteric
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difficult to understand
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inscrutable
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difficult to understand
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paradoxical
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difficult to understand
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recondite
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difficult to understand
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turbid
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difficult to understand
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fetid
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disgusting/offensive
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invidious
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disgusting/offensive
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noisome
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offensive
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odious
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disgusting/offensive
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rebarbative
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disgusting/offensive
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cogent
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easy to undersantd
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limpid
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easy to understand
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pellucid
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easy to understand
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aberrant
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eccentric/dissimilar
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anachronism
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eccentric/dissimilar
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anomalous
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eccentric/dissimilar
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iconoclast
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eccentric/dissimilar
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discrete
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eccentric/dissimilar
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eclectic
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eccentric/dissimilar
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esoteric
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eccentric/dissimilar
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chagrin
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embarrass
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compunction
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embarrass
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contrition
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embarrass
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expiate
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embarrass
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foible
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embarrass
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gaucherie
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embarrass
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rue
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embarrass
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tantamount
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equal
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apocryphal
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lie
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canard
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lie
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chicanery
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lie
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dissemble
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lie
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duplicity
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falsehood
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equivocate
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lie
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ersatz
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falsehood
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guile
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falsehood
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mendacious
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lie
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perfidy
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lie
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prevaricate
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lie
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specious
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lie
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spurious
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lie
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consanguine
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family
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conjugal
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family
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absolve
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forgive
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exculpate
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forgive
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expiate
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forgive
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palliate
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forgive
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redress
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forgive
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vindicate
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forgive
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chortle
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funny
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droll
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funny
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facetious
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funny
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flippant
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funny
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gibe
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funny
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jocular
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funny
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ludicrous
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funny
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raillery
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funny
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riposte
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funny
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simper
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funny
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abatement
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gaps/opening
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aperture
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gaps/opening
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hiatus
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gaps/opening
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interregnum
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gaps/opening
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interstice
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gaps/opening
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orifice
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gaps/opening
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respite
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gaps/opening
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clement
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generous
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largess
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generous
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magananimous
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generous
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unstinting
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generous
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avaricious
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greedy
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mercenary
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greedy
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miserly
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greedy
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pernurious
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greedy
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rapacious
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greedy
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venal
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greedy
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baleful
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hardhearted
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dour
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hardhearted
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malevolent
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hardhearted
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mordant
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hardhearted
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sardonic
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hardhearted
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truculent
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hardhearted
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vitriolic
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hardhearted
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baneful
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harmful
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deleterious
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harmful
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inimical
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harmful
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insiduous
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harmful
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minatory
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harmful
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perfidious
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harmful
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pernicious
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harmful
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cacophony
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harsh-sounding
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din
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harsh-sounding
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dissonant
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harsh-sounding
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strident
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harsh-sounding
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anathema
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hatred
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enmity
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hatred
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odium
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hatred
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rancor
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hatred
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