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36 Cards in this Set
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to assert or affirm confidently; declare; claim; posit; maintain
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Aver
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evil; destructive; sorrowful
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Baleful
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to go over again and again, to the point of being tiresome; to repeat, reiterate
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Belabor
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to open up, metion a subject; propose, introduce
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Broach
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spacious, roomy, capacious
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Commodious
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pertaining to twilight, slightly wicked
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Crepuscular
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transfer of property ownership to the government by default
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Escheat
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a loud disturbance; melee
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Fracas
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to deny; refute; contradict
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Gainsay
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perplexing situation; entanglement; dilemna
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Imbroglio
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a cleverly executed trick or deception, sleight of hand
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Legerdemain
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shore, pertaining to the coastal region
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Littoral
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funeral rights
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Obsequies
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beauty; attractiveness; comeliness
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Pulchritude
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one who denies oneself life's material satisfactions and normal pleasures, usual part of religous believes or disciplines
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Ascetic
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tempermental; hotheaded; irascible
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Choleric
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peasantlike or rustic; crude, crass, or vulgar
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Churlish
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nothing, 0, or null; a worthless person or thing; a secret code; distinctive emblem;, monogram, or colophon; v. to use numbers arthmetically
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Cipher
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cautious; wary; watchful; leery
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Circumspect
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to use equal force against
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Countervail
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gullible, believing easily, ingenuous
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Credulous
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political agitator and charismatic orator who appeals to emotions and prejudice
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Demagogue
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to avoid or abstain from
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Eschew
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suitable for a particular purpose; fitting for one's advantage or purpose
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Expedient
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poor; destitute; impoverished
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Indignent
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relentless, unyielding, merciless
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Inexorable
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relentless; unyielding; merciless
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Inexorable
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intruder or trespasser
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Interloper
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to cater to the base (morally low) desires of others
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Pander
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indifferent, apathetic, or unemotional; sluggish
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Phlegmatic
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Proselytize
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to convert (or attempt to convert) another to a belief, system, ideology, or sect
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the pure and concentrated essence of a substance
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Quintessence
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unruly, resistant of authority, disobedient, rebellious
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Recalcitrant
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to back on one's word, den, or renounce
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Renege
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prominent or conscipicuous; notable or significant
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Salient
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disdainful in a haughty and arrogant way
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Supercilious
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