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50 Cards in this Set
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Bolster
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VERB
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Censure
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An expression of strong disapproval and harsh criticism
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chasten
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punish; reprove
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capitulate
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to surrender
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capricious
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unpredictable
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castigate
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to punish
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cajole
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to tease
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circumspect
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prudent, cautious
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beguile
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to trick
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benevolent
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kind
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brevity
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briefness
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blight
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ruined, destroyed, withered
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celerity
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speed
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contrite
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confessing; sorry
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consonance
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agreement; harmony
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condone
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to over look or excuse
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concise
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short and to the point
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bombast
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pompous
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consummate
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to complete or make hole
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bomptious
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obnoxious, self esertive
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capacious
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large roomy spacious
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contend
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to argue a point or possition
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complacent
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self satisfied or unconcerned
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conundrum
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a riddle
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coerce
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to bring about by force or threat
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convivial
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socialble
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confound
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confussion
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contract
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to squeez together
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concur
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agree or be of the same opinion
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composure
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Self possession and having a calm state of mind
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Converge
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to come together to meet
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concede
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to admit relunctantly to yeild
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Copious
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in large quantity
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Complaint
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obaying
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contingent
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depending upon other circumstances
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conviction
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to be proven or found guilty
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benign
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gentle kind harted mild
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Belie
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to give a false impression
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bequeath
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to leave behind or hand down
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belligerent
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having a strong tendency to argue and fight
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benediction
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good wishes or a blessing
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Choler
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Anger or irritablitiy
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coalesce
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to fuse or grow together
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cacophony
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opposite of harmony
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caustic
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capable of burning or eating away
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clemency
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to show mercy
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chastise
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to punish as in beating
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cloister
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a quiet place
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candor
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openise
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circumscribe
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to encircle limit or restrict
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