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25 Cards in this Set
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criticize/criticism
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calumny
castigate chastise deride/derisive derogate diatribe haranguelambaste oppugn pillory remonstrate |
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annoy
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aggravate
irk perturb |
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beginner
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acolyte
neophyte novice proselyte tyro |
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foul
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fulsome
invidious noisome |
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difficult to understand
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esoteric
inscrutable opaque rarefied recondite turbid |
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debauchery
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bacchanalian
carousal depraved dissipated iniquity libertine libidinous licentious reprobate ribald salacious sordid turpitude |
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smart/learned
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astute
canny erudite perspicacious |
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changing/quickly
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capricious
mercurial volatile |
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praise
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aggrandize
encomium eulogize extol venerate |
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poor
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destitute
esurient indigent impecunious |
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withdrawal/retreat
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abeyance
abjure abnegation abortive abrogate decamp demur recant recidivism remission renege rescind retrograde |
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truth
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fealty
probity |
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biting (as in wit/temperament)
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acerbic
acidulous acrimonious asperity mordant mordacious trenchant |
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weaken
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adulterate
enervate obviate stultify vitiate |
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harmful
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baleful
baneful inimical insidious minatory perfidious pernicious |
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timid
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craven
diffident pusillanimous recreant timorous trepidation |
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stubborn
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implacable
inexorable intractable intransigent obdurate obstinate pertinacious recalcitrant refractory renitent untoward |
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beginning/young
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burgeoning
callow engender inchoate incipient nascent |
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overblown/wordy
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bombastic
circumlocution garrulous grandiloquent loquacious periphrastic prolix turgid verbose |
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hostile
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antithetic
churlish curmudgeon irascible malevolent misanthropic truculent vindictive |
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boring
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fatuous
hackneyed insipid mundane pedestrian platitude prosaic quotidian trite |
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terse
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compendious
curt laconic pithy succinct taciturn |
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assist
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abet
ancillary countenance espouse mainstay munificent stalwart sustenance |
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greedy
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covetous
penurious venal |
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sastify
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assuage
defer mitigate propitiate slake |
