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97 Cards in this Set
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objurgate
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to rebuke
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obloquy
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widespread cnsure or abuse; or disgrace from
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dolorous
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full of pain or grief
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knell
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sound of bell at funeral; warning of death; to sound slowly, ominously
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obsequies
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funeral rites/solemnities
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wraith
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an appaition; thin/pale person
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spartan
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rigorously severe; trained to endure privation
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turbid
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muddy, thick, disordered
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abash
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to diconcert; mortify
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chagrin
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which wears the mind; annoyance
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gaucherie
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tactless act
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canard
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false rumor
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dissemble
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to pretend; assume a false appearance
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craven
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a coward, spiritless; cowardly
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pussilanimous
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lacking firmness of mind; cowardly
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recreant
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surrendering; a craven
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fealty
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intense loyalty
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feckless
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worthless; inefficient
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expatiate
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talk/write at length
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stultify
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cause to appear foolish and so without effect; to dull the mind
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vitiate
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to render faulty; to taint
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apothegm
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a startling/paradoxical aphorism
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baleful
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full of evil (bale = evil)
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baneful
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destructive (bane = destruction)
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minatory
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menacing
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strident
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loud and grating
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churlish
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of a rustic ill bred person
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fulsome
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gross to senses; profuse in praise; full/complete
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unctous
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oily; ostentatiously holy or fervent; too suave
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assay
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to test
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indolent
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idle; lazy
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impudent
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shamelessly bold; insolent
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languid
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feeble, sluggish, spiritless
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cavil
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to make empty objections
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hector
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to annoy, play the bully
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martinet
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a strict disciplinarian
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dyspepsia
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indigestion
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effigy
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crude figure of a hated person
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fusillade
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continuous discharge of firearms
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junta
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government after (military) coup
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adjure
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to charge on oath
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abjure
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to renounce on oath
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obstreperous
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noisy, unruly
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pertinacious
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holding strongly to an opinion/purpose; hard to gte rid of
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impetuous
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impulsive; done with sudden headlong energy
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munificence
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great liberality in giving; bountifulness
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dudgeon
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resentment
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pettisd
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peevish; sulky
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umbrage
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suspicion of injury; offense
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waspish
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spiteful
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tyro
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one learning a skill; not yet well-aqauinted with it
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acidulous
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sharp/bitter/acid in manner
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mordacious
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biting in style/manner (also mordant)
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ribald
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a low caharacter; licentious, foul-mouthed
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factitious
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produced artificially
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noisome
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injurious to health; foul-smelling
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careen
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to lean/cause to lean sideways; tilt
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sidle
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move sideways, esp. to edge along
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turgid
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swollen; bombastic
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slake
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quench, satisfy
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fey
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fated; strange and unusual
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forfend
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to protect/preserve
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disconsolate
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dejected, forlorn
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lugubrious
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mournful, esp. exaggeratedly
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plaintive
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mournful (plaint = lamentation)
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refractory
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unruly, unmanageable
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untoward
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not easily guided; perverse; unseemly
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tendentious
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having a deliberate tendency
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palliate
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extenuate; soften by favorable representations
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droll
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odd; amusing
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raillery
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mockery; good-natured banter
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riposte
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retaliatory maneuver
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simper
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smile in an affected, silly manner
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abate
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make or become less
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interstice
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crack; crevice
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clement
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mild; kind, merciful
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mercenary
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done for money only
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venal
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able to be sold or bought for a price; mercenary/coorupt
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dour
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obstinate, sullen , grim
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fell
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cruel, fierce, bloody, deadly
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mordant
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biting and caustic
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sardonic
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forced or bitter (of a smile)
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truculent
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very fierce and threatening
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importune
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to ask urgently and repeatedly
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exercrate
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detest utterly (execrable)
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insidious
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marked by treachery; more dangerous than seems evident
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insensate
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without regard for feeling; cold
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dissolute
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loose (in morals)
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extenuate
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to make (a crime, etc.) seem less
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pettish
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ill-tempered
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carom
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collide and rebound
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esurient
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hungry; greedy
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canny
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shrewd with own things; frugal
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unstinting
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bestowed liberally
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tractable
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easily managed or taught
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adventitious
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coming from outside, added by chance
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verdure
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greenness, freshness of growth
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