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22 Cards in this Set
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elan
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an enthusiastic vigor and liveliness
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dissipate
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to cause to dissapear, to scatter
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disavow
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to deny responsibility for any connection with
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conducive
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tending to promote or assist, helpful
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expurgate
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to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text, to cleanse
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disspassionate
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impartial, calm
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consternation
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dismay, confusion
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dissension
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disagreement
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bovine
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resembling a cow or ox, sluggish
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acrimonious
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stinging, bitter in temper or tone
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corpulent
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fat
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relegate
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serving to promote some end, obedient
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perfidy
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faithlessness, treachery
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hypothetical
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based on an assumption or guess
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impugn
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to call into question, attack as false
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odium
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hatred
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intemperate
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immoderate, lacking in self control
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ignoble
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mean, low, base
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squeamish
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inclined to nausea, easily shocked or upset
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susceptible
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open to, easily influenced
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gauntlet
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an armored globe, a challenge to combat
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subservient
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to place in a lower postion, to assign, refer
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