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25 Cards in this Set
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callow
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lacking sophistication, inexperienced, naive
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burgeon
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to grow vigorously, sprout
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prodigious
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enormous; miraculous
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sententious
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using pompous language or witty sayings
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imperative
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expressing a command, request; necessary
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maudlin
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weakly or gushingly sentimental
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surreptitious
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acting in secret; sneaky
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effusive
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tending to make demonstration of one's feelings; extroverted
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discarnate
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having no physical body, immaterial
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atonement
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reparation for an offense
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innocuous
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harmless; not offensive
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emphatic
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uttered with emphasis, stressed
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ignominy
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dishonor, shame
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carp
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to find fault, complain
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scathing
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bitterly severe
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mananimous
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showing or suggesting a courageous feeling
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mollify
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to soothe, appease, or reconcile
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ingratiating
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capable of winning favor; flattering
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impudent
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contemptuous boldness, or disregard of others
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moribund
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on one's deathbed; dying
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deprecate
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belittle, condemn
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paroxysm
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convulsion
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avow
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to declare openly, affirm
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carrion
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corpse, dead, decaying, flesh
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turpitude
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moral lowness
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