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24 Cards in this Set
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What does singular disregard for the family the PROFLIGATE spouse spent their salary on alcohol
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wasteful
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Each spouse said that the other was culpable for their conjugal STRIFE
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discord, disagreement
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"The number of my followers is LEGION" said the flamboyant politician.
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a large number
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The necessity for executing the leaders of the abortive COUP was obviated when they committed suicide.
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revolution
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Hitler's megalomania was a veneer for his insecurity and feelings of inferiority
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Abnormal desire for wealth and power
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To play possum
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To try to fool someone to make believe someone is dead or asleep
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the publisher's mendacious claims led to a myraid of law suits
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lying, untrue
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when the jury began to deliberate, they were prepared to EXONERATE the culprit
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to free from guilt
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the itinerant poet, living aboard for twenty years was a voluntary EXPATRIATE
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an exile
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one cannot govern by FIAT, the sedentary mayor quickly learned; it is necessary to get out and meet the citizens if you want their cooperation
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an official order, a decree
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we recognized the dictators AMNESTY as an obvious feint that would be withdrawn after Christmas
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a general pardon
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its an I'll wind that blows nobody good
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Someone usually benefits from another person's misfortune
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I plan to DISMANTLE the stereo and clean all the components
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To strip of covering, take apart
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the SUMPTUOUS feast was prepared with impeccable care.
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lavish
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Unless my boss modifies her PARSIMONIOUS attitude, a fractious picket line is going to be erected.
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miserly, cheap
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Clarence Day deemed that PECUNIARY matters are best handled by men.
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financial
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when our rivals agreed to UNDERWRITE the cost of the trip, a myriad of suspicions began to form in my mind.
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agree to finance
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To know the ropes
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To be fully acquainted with the procedures
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the rebels innate hatred of RESTRICTIVE decrees led him to crave freedom all the more
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harsh, confining
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a string of caustic epithets was directed at the recruit by his BLUNT Sergeant.
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plain spoken
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Although the former farm girl pretended to be urbane, a feeling of NOSTALGIA always came over her when she heard country music
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Yearning for the past
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Criticism of the author was RIFE among the coterie of intellectuals who use to praise him
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widespread
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jimmy was a lawbreaker, but he would BALK at the idea of carrying a lethal weapon.
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(v.) to refuse to move
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Behind the eight ball
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In trouble
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