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20 Cards in this Set
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abstemious
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moderate, sparing, reasonable
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antediluvian
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outdated, antiquated, obsolete
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bicameral
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2 legislative houses
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cognizant
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aware, conscious, knowledgeable
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contumacious
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rebellious, insubordinate, defiant
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delineate
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outline, portray, specify
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dissidence
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dissent, rebellion, protest
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epitome
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embodiment, personification, essence
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forte
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talent, strength, specialty
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improvident
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needless, imprudent, thoughtless
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ingratiate
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flatter, fawn, adulate
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irrefutable
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incontrovertible, indisputable, undeniable
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metonyn
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word used as substitute for something closely associated with it
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obloquy
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slander, calumny, criticism
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perturb
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upset, fluster, unsettle
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predilection
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preference, partiality, proclivity
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pungent
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acrid, caustic, bitter
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requite
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repay, avenge, return
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suffuse
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permeate, pervade, saturate
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translucent
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semi-transparent
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