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24 Cards in this Set
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Because the contract offer was a NEBULOUS one, the union leaders balked at it.
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unclear, vague
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Ezra pound, the expatriate poet, was REVILED for his pro-Fascist remarks.
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scolded
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when the grand jury refused to INDICT him, the mobster was exonerated.
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accuse
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Every time his accountant called with PESKY pecuniary problems, Ben was very blunt with him.
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annoying
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The columnist was ordered to recant her DEROGATORY statement.
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belittling, disparaging
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Left holding the bag
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To be left to suffer the blame
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while the palace guards were in REPOSE, the rebels coup began in earnest.
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state of rest
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Coach Fischer issued a fait that required that his players be ABSTEMIOUS.
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moderate in eating or drinking
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the REDOLENT sent that came from the bakery created in Eloise a sense of nostalgia for her grandmother's bread.
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fragrant
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OMNIVOROUS eaters find the dietary laws in some hotels to be too restrictive.
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eating any kind of food
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Regardless of how DESPERATE their crimes were, all the prisoners were freed by the general amnesty.
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different
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A lick and a promise
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To do something in a hasty and superficial manner
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hundreds of EXTANT copies of Shakespeare's signature came from the same prolific forger
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Still existing
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the VICISSITUDES of life in the Medical Corps are not for the squeamish
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Difficulties
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We originally planned on the skyscraper but had to settle for the truncated EDIFICE
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A building
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When he learned that the movie was to be replete with SULTRY scenes, the cautious banker refuse to underwrite its cost
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Extremely hot and moist, torrid
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General Fox needed a TRENCHANT report on the enemy's latent strength
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keen, incisive
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Tongue in cheek
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Insincerely
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she advocated LUGUBRIOUS music as appropriate background for the funeral
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Very sad
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Although the Debater's rebuttal was PUISSANT, it was totally irrelevant
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Powerful
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The plague continued UNABATED, and the hapless Friar John was unable to deliver the note to Romeo
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Without subsiding
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a good barometer of the reunions success was the number of MAUDLIN songs that the Alumni sang
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Sentimental
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dean Flanigan admonished us for our LEVITY at the graduation exercises.
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Lightness of disposition
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To take the wind out of one's sails
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To remove someone's advantage
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