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160 Cards in this Set
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Acquisitive
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Adjective; Able to get and retain information
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Arrogate
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Verb; To claim or take without right
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Banal
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Adjective; commonplace, trite
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Belabor
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verb; to work on excessively
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Carping
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adjective; tending to find fault
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Coherent
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adjective; understandable, connected
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Congeal
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verb; to change from a liquid to a solid
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Emulate
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verb; to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
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encomium
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noun; a formal expression of praise
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eschew
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verb; to avoid, shun
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Germane
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adjective; relevant, apropos
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Insatiable
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adjective; unquenchable
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Intransigent
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adjective; refusing to compromise
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invidious
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adjective; offensive, hateful
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largesse
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noun; generosity in giving
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reconnaissance
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noun; any kind of preliminary inspection
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substantiate
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verb; to establish by evidence
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taciturn
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adjective; habitually quiet
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temporize
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verb; to stall in order to gain time
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tenable
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adjective; capable of being held or defended
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Accost
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verb; to approach and speak to first
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animadversion
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noun; a comment indicating strong criticism
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avid
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adjective; intensely eager
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brackish
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adjective; salty and unpleasant to drink
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celerity
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noun; swiftness
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devious
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adjective; straying from a straight course
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gambit
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noun; an opening move in chess
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halcyon
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noun; a legendary bird
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histronic
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adjective; of or related to actors
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incendiary;
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adjective; deliberately setting or causing fires
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maelstrom
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noun; a whirlpool of great size
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myopic
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adjective; near sighted
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overt
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adjective; open, not hidden
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pejorative
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adjective; tending to make worse
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propriety
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noun; the state of being proper
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sacrilege
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noun; improper treatement of something held sacred
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summarily
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adverb; without delay
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suppliant
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adjective; asking humbly
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talisman
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noun; an object that serves as a charm
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undulate
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verb; to move in a wavelike motion
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articulate
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adjective; expressed clearly
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cavort
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verb; to romp or prance around merrily
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credence
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noun; a belief
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decry
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verb; to condemn
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dissemble
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verb; to disguise or conceal
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distraught
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adjective; very agitated
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eulogy
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noun; high praise
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evince
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verb; to display clearly
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exhume
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verb; to remove from a grave, to bring to light
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feckless
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adjective; lacking in spirit and strength
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murky
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adjective; dark and gloomy
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nefarious
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adjective; wicked and depraved
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piquant
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adjective; stimulating to the taste or mind
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primordial
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adjective; created at the very beginning
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propinquity
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noun; nearness in place or time
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unwonted
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adjective; not usual or expected
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utopian
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adjective; based upon an ideal view of the world
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verbiage
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noun; language that is excessively wordy
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verdant
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adjective; green in tint or color
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viscous
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adjective; having a gluey quality
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atrophy
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noun; the wasting away of body tissue
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bastion
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noun; a fortified place
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concord
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noun; a state of agreement
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consummate
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adjective; complete or perfect in the highest degree
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disarray
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noun; disorder, confusion
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exigency
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noun; urgency, pressure
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flotsam
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noun; floating debris
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frenetic
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adjective; frenzied, highly agitated
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glean
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verb; to gather bit by bit
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grouse
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noun; a type of game bird
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incarcerate
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verb; to imprison
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incumbent
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adjective; obligatory
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jocular
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adjective; humorous, jesting
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ludicrous
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adjective; ridiculous, laughable
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mordant
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adjective; biting in thought, manner or style
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nettle
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verb; to arouse displeasure
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pecuniary
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adjective; consisting of or measured in money
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pusillanimous
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adjective; cowardly or mean-spirited
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recumbent
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adjective; in a reclining position
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stratagem
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noun; a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent
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acuity
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noun; sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses)
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delineate
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verb; to portary in vivid detail
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depraved
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adjective; marked by evil or corruption
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enervate
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verb; to weaken or lessen the mental, moral or physical vigor
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esoteric
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adjective; understood by only a select few
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fecund
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adjective; intellectually productive
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fiat
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noun; a command of consciousness
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figment
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noun; a fabrication of the mind
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garner
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verb; to acquire as the result of effort
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hallow
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verb; to set apart as holy or sacred
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indiosyncrasy
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noun; a peculiarity that serves to identify
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ignominy
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noun; shame and disgrace
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mundane
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adjective; earthly , worldly
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nuance
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noun; a subtle variation
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overweening
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adjective; conceited, presumptous
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penchant
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noun; a strong attraction or inclination
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reputed
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adjective; according to reputation or general belief
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sophistry
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noun; reasoning that seems plausible but is actually a fallacy
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sumptous
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adjective; costly, rich
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ubiquitous
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adjective; present or existing everywhere
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abject
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adjective; degraded, base
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agnostic
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noun; one who believes that nothing can be known about God
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complicity
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noun; involvement in wrongdoing
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derelict
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noun; someone or something that is abandoned
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diatribe
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noun; a bitter and prolonged verbal attack
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effigy
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noun; a crude image of a despised person
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equity
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noun; the state or quality of being just or fair
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inane
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adjective; silly, empty of meaning
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indictment
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noun; the act of accusing
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indubitable
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adjective; certain, not to be doubted
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intermittent
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adjective; stopping and beginning again
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moot
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adjective; open to discussion and debate
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motif
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noun; a repeated theme or element
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neophyte
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noun; a beginner, novice
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perspicacity
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noun; keenness in observing
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plenary
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adjective; complete in all aspects
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surveillance
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noun; a watch kept over a person
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sylvan
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adjective; of or relating to forests
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testy
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adjective; easily irritated
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travesty
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noun; an extremely inferior imitation
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allay
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verb; to calm or pacify
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bestial
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adjective; beastlike, brutal
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convivial
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adjective; festive, sociable
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coterie
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noun; a circle of acquaintances
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counterpart
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noun; a person or thing cloesly resembling another
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demur
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verb; to object to
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effrontery
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noun; shameless boldness
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embellish
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verb; to decorate, adorn
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ephemeral
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adjective; short-lived
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felicitous
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adjective; appropraite, well-chosen
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furtive
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adjective; done slyly or stealthily
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garish
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adjective; glaring, tastelessly showy
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illusory
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adjective; misleading, deceptive
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indigent
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adjective; needy, impoverished
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inordinate
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adjective; far too great
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jettison
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verb; to cast overboard
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misanthrope
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noun; a person who hates or despises people
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pertinacious
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adjective; very persistent
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picayune
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adjective; of little value or importance
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raiment
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noun; clothing, garments
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allege
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verb; to assert without proof or confirmation
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arrant
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adjective; shameless, blatant
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badinage
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noun; light and playful conversation
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conciliate
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verb; to overcome the distrust of
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countermand
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verb; to cancel or reverse one order with another that is contrary to the first
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echelon
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noun; level, rank
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exacerbate
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verb; to make more violent
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fatuous
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adjective; stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way
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irrefutable
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adjective; impossible to disprove
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juggernaut
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noun; a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes everything in its path
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lackadaisical
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adjective; lacking spirit or interest
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litany
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noun; a prayer consisting of short appeals to God, a repetetive chant
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macabre
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adjective; grisly, gruesome
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paucity
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noun; an inadequate quality
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portend
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verb; to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen
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raze
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verb; to tear down
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recant
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verb; to withraw a statement or belief
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saturate
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verb; to soak thoroughly
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saturnine
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adjective; of a gloomy or surly disposition
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slough
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verb; to cast off, discard
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