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102 Cards in this Set
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recrimination
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bitter counteraccusation
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redolent
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fragrant
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refute
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to disprove
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relegate
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banish
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relinquish
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surrender
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remonsrate
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argue against
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reparation
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paying back
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resolute
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determined
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reprehensible
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worhy of blame
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reprisal
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act of revenge
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reprove
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criticize mildly
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requisite
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necessary
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respite
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period of rest
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reticent
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restrained
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rhetoric
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formal writing or speaking
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robust
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healthy
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rogue
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soundrel
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rudimentary
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basic
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ruminate
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contemplate
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sacrosant
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sacred
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sagacious
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discerning
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salient
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sticking out
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salutary
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healthful
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sanguine
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cheerful
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sardonic
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mocking
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scintillate
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sparkle
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sedition
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treason
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sentient
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conscious
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sequester
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set apart
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servile
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extremely subservient
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solicitous
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eager and attentive
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solvent
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not bankrupt
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soporific
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sleep inducing
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sordid
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flithy
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specious
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attractive
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spurious
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fake
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squalor
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replusive living conditions
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staunch
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firmly committed
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steadfasta
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loyal
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stigmatize
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to brand with disgrace
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stipulate
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to reguire something in an agreement
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stoic
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indifferent
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stratum
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a level
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stymie
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to get away with
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subordinate
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lower in importance
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substantive
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real
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subversive
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corrupting
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succint
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to the point
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supercilious
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patronizing
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superfluous
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extra
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surfeit
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excess
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surreptitious
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sneaky
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surrogate
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substitute
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sycophant
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one who sucks up to others
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tacit
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implied
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taciturn
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untalkative by nature
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tangential
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not especially related
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tantamount
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equivalent to
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tautological
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redundant
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temerity
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boldness
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temperate
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restrained
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tenable
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valid
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tenacious
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stubborn
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tenet
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shared belief
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tenuous
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extremely thin
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terse
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no unnecessary words
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torpor
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sluggishness
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touchstone
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a standard
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tout
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to brag publicly about
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transgress
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to violate (a law)
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transient
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temporary
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trepidation
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fear
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turpitude
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shameful wickedness
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ubiquitous
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being everywhere at the same time
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unconscionable
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dishonest, unethical
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unctuous
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oily and insincere
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unwitting
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not aware
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urbane
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sophisticated
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usurp
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to seize wrongfully
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vapid
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dull
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vehement
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intense and violent
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venerate
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to treat something as holy
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veracity
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truthfulness
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verbose
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using too many words
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verisimilitude
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looking like the real thing
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vernacular
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everyday speech (slang)
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vestige
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a remaining bit of something
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viable
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capable of living or working
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vicarious
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experienced, performed or suffered through someone else
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vicissitude
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natural change, change in fortune
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vilify
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to defame
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vindicate
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to clear from all blame
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vindictive
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seeking revenge
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virulent
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extremely poisonous
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vitiate
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to make impure
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vitriolic
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full of bitterness
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vociferous
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loud
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volatile
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volition
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wanton
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unjustifiable
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willful
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deliberate
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wistful
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sadly longing
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zealous
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enthusiastically devoted to something
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