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82 Cards in this Set
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vitiate
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lower the quality; weaken the strength
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vituperate
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curse; abuse in words
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volition
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power of choosing or determining
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volubility
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fluency; verbosity
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voluptuous
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full of pleasure to the senses
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vounchsafe
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to grant
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waffle
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talk vaguely without much result
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wag
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merry person
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wean
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to turn away from a habit
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welter
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turmoil; a bewildering jungle
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wend
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to go, proceed
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wheedle
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to influence by flattery
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wrangle
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to dispute angrily or peevishly
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yarn
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tale, story, fibers for knitting
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ubiquitous
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present everywhere
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umbrage
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offense; resentment
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unemcumbered
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easy going; trifle
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unfeigned
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sincere
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urbane
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elegant; refined in manners
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taciturn
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silent; not talkative
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tactile
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perceptible by touch
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tautology
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repetition; redundancy
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tawdry
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cheap; gaudy
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teetotal
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oppose to alcohol
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temerity
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boldness; brashness; intrepidness
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temperence
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abstinence from alcohol; showing self control
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tenacity
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firmness; persistency
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tendentious
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biased
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tenuous
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insubstantial, weak
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termagant
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shrew
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testiness
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witness; evidence
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voluptuary
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a sensualist; one whose life is given over to luxury and sensual pleasures
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subterfuge
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deception
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succor
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assistance, relief in times of distress
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suffrage
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short prayer usually in series; right of voting
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sullied
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to be stained; discredited
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sundry
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various; miscellaneous; separate
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superannuate
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to become retired; obsolete
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supercilious
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disdainful; characterized by haughty scorn
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superfluous
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more then in neede/wanted
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supine
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lying on back; slow to act; passive
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suppliant
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asking humbly; beseeching
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supplicate
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to make a humble petition
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surfeit
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satiate; feed to fulness or to excess
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sybarite
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voluptuary
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probity
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uprightness; incorruptibility
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proclivity
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inclination
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prodigal
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wastefully extravegant; lavish profuse
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prodigious
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enormous; wonderful
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prodigy
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portentous event; omen
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profligacy
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shameless immorality
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profligate
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wasteful; prodigal
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profundity
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depth
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prolix
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tiring because too long
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propinquity
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nearness in time or place, kindred affinity
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propitiatory
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conciliatory; appeasing, mitigating
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propitious
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auspicious; presenting favourable circumstances
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prosaic
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commonplace; mundane
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proscribe
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denounce as dangerous
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protean
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displaying great diversity; versatile
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provisional
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of the presen time only
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obdurate
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hardened and unrepenting; sturbborn
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obfuscate
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to darken; make obscure
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obloquy
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abusive detractive language
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obsequious
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too eager to obey or serve
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obviate
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get rid of
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nugatory
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trifling; worthless
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macerate
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make or become soft by soaking in water
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machination
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plot, scheme (esp evil)
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maelstrom
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powerful; violent whirlpool
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maladroit
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tactless; clumsy
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malapropsim
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misuse of a word (for one that resembles it)
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malediction
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curse
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execration
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cursing; sth that is cursed/loathed
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malefaction
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evil deed; crime
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maleficent
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baleful
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malinger
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to fake illness of injury to shrik a duty
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maudlin
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sentimental in silly tearful way
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manacle
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chains for hands or feet
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maverick
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rebel; non conformist
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mawkish
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sickly or puerilely sentimental
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puerile
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juvenile; childish
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