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Set: ellebanz 11

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	Term	Definition
	uncouth	lacking refinement or manners, coarse, vulgar
	flout	to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff at; mock
	purvey	furnish food,supply with provisions
	motley	varied, assorted, heterogeneous
	nemesis	the goddess of divine retribution and vengeance, ruin, source of downfall, bane
	rabid	fanatical, frenzied, maniacal
	carp	to find fault, to criticize
	heedless	not paying attention, negligent
	beholden	obligated, indebted
	fraught	full of or loaded with
	impasse	deadlock, standstill, standoff
	gamut	full range, spectrum
	adamant	unyielding, uncompromising, inflexible
	cantankerous	bad-tempered, hard to get along with; ill-tempered; grouchy, cranky
	qualm	misgiving, feeling of doubt, sickness or nausea
	grovel	to crawl, to humble oneself
	decry	to disapprove of
	upbraid	to scold, to reproach
	derogatory	disparaging, denigrating, belittling
	fret	be agitated, irritated or worried
	flinch	to move back as with fear or pain, to draw back, to wince
	heed	pay close attention to
	atonement	repayment, amends, reparation, or expiation for sins or wrongdoings
	artless	ingenuous, unable to mask
	eddy	circular or spiral movement
	distraught	upset in mind, distracted by anxiety; very anxious and troubled almost to the point of madness
	colander	draining bowl
	rave	to act with excessive enthusiasm
	bilge	the protuberance of a cask
	forfeit	to take loss willingly
	highbrow	person with superior tastes
	sundry	miscellaneous, various, diverse
	writ	a written court order
Add or remove terms from this set

bobi : Changed derogatory → insulting, tending to damage, disparaging, belittling to derogatory → disparaging, denigrating, belittling

bobi : Changed writ → a written court order directing a person to take, or refrain from taking to writ → a written court order

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