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100 Cards in this Set
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abyss
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hole so deep as to appear bottomless
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acquiesce
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agree, accept without protest
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affable
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polite and friendly
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affliction
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distress, suffering
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affluent
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wealthy, abundant
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agitate
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move, shake, stir up
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ambiguous
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having more than one meaning
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annex
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take possession of
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aqueous
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of or like water
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arduous
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demanding great effort, strenuous
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aroma
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quality of surrounding atmosphere considered typical
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atone
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make repayment
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avarice
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greed
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bellicose
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inclined to fighting
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calisthenics
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exercises to develop strong bodies
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captor
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person who takes somebody captive
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concoct
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invent, prepare by mixing together
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dangle
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hand or swing loosely
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deprive
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take away from, prevent from using
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diligent
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hard-working
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disrobe
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undress
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docile
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easily trained or controlled
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doleful
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dismal, mournful
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drought
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a long period of dry weather
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dubious
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feeling doubt
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dumbfound
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astonish
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efface
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rub or wipe out, obliterate
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elucidate
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to make understandable
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enchant
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charm, delight
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endeavor
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to make an effort, to try very hard
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endorse
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approve, support a claim or statement
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enthral
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take the whole attention, enslave
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exploit
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to use for selfish advantage or profit
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extensive
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far-reaching
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extol
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to praise highly
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flimsy
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lacking solidarity, strength
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fraud
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a fault, a description
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gaudy
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too bright and showy
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ghastly
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death-like, pale and ill
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grumble
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to complain
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harass
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worry, trouble
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heretic
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very busy; active
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impediment
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something that hinders
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indigenous
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native
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insatiate
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never satisfied
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irate
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angry
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jeopardy
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danger
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leash
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control
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loafer
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an idle, lazy person
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lucrative
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profitable
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lustrous
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bright, shining
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malign
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to slander
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meddle
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to interfere, to intrude
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mend
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to repair
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mirth
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being merry and happy
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nausea
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feeling of sickness
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neglect
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pay no attention to
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nocturnal
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of or in the night
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obese
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very fat
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obsolete
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no longer useful, outdated
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perch
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take up a high position
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pervade
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spread though every part of
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petulant
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unreasonably impatient or irritable
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pillage
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plunder
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presumptuous
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too bold or self-confident
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quashed
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annuled
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quenching
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satisfy, put an end to, put out
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refurbished
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make clean, as if like new
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rejoicing
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happiness, joy
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reticent
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in the habit of saying little
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reverberate
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be sent back, again and again
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rigor
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sternness, strictness, severe conditions
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rotundity
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state of being round
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salvage
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the saving of property from loss
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scattered
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not situated together
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shatter
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to break into many pieces
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shunned
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avoided, kept away from
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sketchy
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shortly, roughly, quickly
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sporadic
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happening from time to time
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stifled
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suppressed, kept back
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strive
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to make great efforts, to struggle
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subsequent
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following
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succumb
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yield, to die
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taciturn
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unspoken, silent
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tantalize
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raise hopes that cannot be realized
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tentative
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uncertain, probable
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torpid
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dull and slow
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treacherous
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not to be trusted, perfidious
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tremor
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thrill
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tyro
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a beginner
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uproar
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noise and excitement
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vanity
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a foolish pride
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vehemence
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forcefulness; intensity; conviction
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vigilance
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watchfulness
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vindicate
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prove the truth
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voluptuous
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arousing sensual pleasures
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wan
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looking ill, not bright
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wile
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a trick
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wrinkles
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make small lines
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intrepid
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fearless
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