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13 Cards in this Set
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Culpable
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deserving blame
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Effrontary
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Extreme boldness;
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Ephemeral
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brief; fleeting
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Facetious
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playful; humorous
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Fulminate
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To loudly attack; denounce
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Hyperbole
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an exaggerated statement; often used as a figure of speech
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Perfidy
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intentional breach of faith; treachery
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Pernicious
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Extremely harmful
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Precipitate
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adj; acting with excessive haste or impuse
verb; to cause or happen anticipated or required |
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Predilection
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preference
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Recant
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to retract, esp. a previously held belief
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Reticent
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quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
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Supplant
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to take the place of; supersede
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