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31 Cards in this Set
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condign
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deserved, adequate
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laconic
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using or marked by the use of a minimum of words
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tutelage
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guardianship, protection, instruction
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dapple
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small contrasting blotch, to mark with spots
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meticulous
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extremely careful about details
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palavar
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idle talk, to talk idly
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gustatory
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pertaining to the sense of taste
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troglodyte
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someone who dwells in a cave
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emolument
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wages or perquisites arising from office, employment, or labor
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contemn
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to scorn, to despise
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propound
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to put forward for consideration
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puerile
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juvenile, childish
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antediluvian
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extremely old
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cupidity
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eager or excessive desire, especially for wealth
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fiduciary
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relating to the holding of something in trust for another
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mephitic
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offensive to the smell, noxious
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anodyne
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serving to relieve pain
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tatterdemalion
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person dressed in tattered clothing
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malinger
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to feign illness or inability
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insensate
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lacking sensation or awareness
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supernumerary
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exceeding a necessary or usual number
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gamine
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urchin, mischievous girl or young woman
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vituperation
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abusive language
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melange
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mixture
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sempiternal
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everlasting, eternal
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diadem
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crown
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extol
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praise
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quondam
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former, sometime
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pusillanimous
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cowardly
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sesquipedalian
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(of words)long, having many syllables
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egress
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act of going out or leaving, exit
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