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27 Cards in this Set
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cadge
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VERB
to sponge, beg, or mooch |
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calumniate
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VERB
to slander, make a false accusation |
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chicanery
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NOUN
trickery or subterfuge |
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churlish
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ADJECTIVE
boorish, vulgar, loutish; difficult and intractable |
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contemn
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VERB
to scorn or despise |
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cozen
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VERB
to deceive, beguile, or hoodwink |
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craven
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ADJECTIVE
contemptibly fainthearted, pusillanimous, lacking any courage |
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depredate
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VERB
to plunder, pillage, ravage or destroy; to exploit in a predatory manner |
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desuetude
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NOUN
disuse |
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didactic
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ADJECTIVE
intended to teach or instruct |
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dilatory
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ADJECTIVE
causing delay, procrastinating |
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dilettante
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NOUN
one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge |
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discomfit
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VERB
to defeat, put down |
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distrait
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ADJECTVE
distracted; absent-minded, especially due to anxiety |
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doggerel
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NOUN
trivial, poorly constructed verse |
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dogmatic
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ADJECTIVE
authoritatively and or arrogantly assertive of principles; stubbornly opinionated |
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dross
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NOUN
slag, waste or foreign matter, impurity, surface scum |
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effrontery
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NOUN
extreme boldness; presumptuousness |
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egress
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NOUN
exit |
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excoriate
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VERB
to censure scathingly, to upbraid |
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expiate
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VERB
to atone or make amdends for |
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expurgate
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VERB
to remove obscenity, purify, censor |
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extirpate
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VERB
to destroy, exterminate, cut out, pull out by the roots |
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evince
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VERB
to show clearly, to indicate |
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exigent
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ADJECTIVE
requiring immediate action or attention |
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expatiate
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VERB
discuss or write about at length; to range freely |
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eschew
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VERB
to shun or avoid |
