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25 Cards in this Set
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requite
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to reiprocate, to make a suitable payment for a kindness, serive, or favor
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reputed
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according to reputation or general belief, having widespread acceptance and good reputation
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reconnaissance
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a survey made for millitary purposes, any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
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rebuff
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to snub, to repel, drive away
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putative
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generally regarded as such, reputed, hypotheseized, inferred
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pusillanimous
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cowardly or mean spirited
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propriety
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the state of being proper, appropriateness
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progeny
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descendants, offspring, children, followers, disciples
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plaintive
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expressive of sorrow or woe, melancholy
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onerous
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burdensome, involving hardships or difficulty
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oscillate
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to fluctuate or waver, to swing back and forth with a steady rhythm
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Exacerbate
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To make worse
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Exigency
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Urgency
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Febrile
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Feverish
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Fetish
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A charm
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Foibles
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Shortcomings, defects
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Gambit
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A stratagem
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Garish
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Flashy, glaring
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Germane
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Appropriate
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Ghoulish
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Monstrous
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Grouse
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A type of bird/complaint. to complain
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Halcyon
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A legendary bird. Placid/tranquil
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Histrionic
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Pertaining to actor and their techniques; theatrical
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Idiosyncrasy
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A quirk
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Illusory
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Misleading, imaginary
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