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33 Cards in this Set
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disquietude
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uneasiness; anxiety
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seminal
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germinal, influencing future developments.
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allay
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calm; pacify
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artifice
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deception, trickery
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pejorative
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negative in connotation; having a belittling effect
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churlish
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boorish,rude
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progenitor
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ancestor
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whet
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sharpen, stimulate
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insensible
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unconscious, unresponsive
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plumb
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examine critically in order to understand
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gaffe
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social blunder
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decorum
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propriety; orderliness and good taste in manner
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schism
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division, split
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constraint
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compulsion; repression of feelings
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guileless
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without deceit, not deceptive
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puissant
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powerful; strong; potent
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pastiche
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imitation of another's style in musical composition or writing
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propitiate
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appease
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pusillanimous
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cowardly; fainthearted
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inexorable
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relentless; unyielding; implacable
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indomitable
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unconquerable; unyielding
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inveigle
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lead astray; wheedle
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invective
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abuse
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inured
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accustomed
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inveigh
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denounce; utter censure or invective
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invunerable
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incapable of injury
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inviduous
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creates ill will or envy
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inveterate
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deep rooted, habitual
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traduce
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expose to slander
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tractable
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easily managed
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tenuous
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thin, rare, slim
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turpitude
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depravity
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sententious
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concise
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