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80 Cards in this Set
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cynical
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(adj) distrustful
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droned
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(v) sustaind deep murmuring
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malicious
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(adj) mean
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mock
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(v) mimic
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stricken
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(adj) made incapable or unfit
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exclusive
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(adj) restricting
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sullen
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(adj) gloomy
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imminent
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(adj) dangerously near; ready to take place
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infallible
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(adj) incapable of error
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barring
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(adv/prep) excepting
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reiterate
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(v) repeat
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evanescent
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(adj) vanishing; fading away
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vermilion
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(n) scarlet red
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invalid
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(n) physically incapable
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tenant
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(n) one that pays rent
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iridescent
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(adj) rainbow effects
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dogged
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(adj) persictent in effort; stubbornly
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heresy
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(n) belief considered unacceptable
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precarious
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(adj) dangerously lacking in security or stability
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poignant
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(adj) profoundly moving; touching
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abdicate
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(v) discard
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abhor
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(v) to loathe
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abject
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(adj) utterly hopeless
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absolve
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(v) to be free from guilt
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abstain
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(v) to refrain from something
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accede
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(v) agree to a demand or request
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accline
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(v) to be accustomed to a new climate or environment
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addiction
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(n) a state of being enslaved to a habit
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adjourn
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(v) to postpone to a later time
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adverse
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(adj) acting against or in a contrary direction
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precisely
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(adv) fixed; exact
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integrity
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(n) honesty
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ravage
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(v) to work havoc upon
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conspirator
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(n) plotter
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casualty
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(n) an accident
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melancholy
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(n) gloomy state of mind; depression
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ceased
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(v) to stop; discontinue
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longevity
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(n) long individual life
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recuperating
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(v) to recover from sickness
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intoxicating
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(adj) exhilarating; exciting
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amnesty
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(n) general pardon for offenses
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anecdote
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(n) short account of an event
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anomaly
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(n) odd condition/situation
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apathy
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(n) absence or suppression of passion/emotion
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apprehend
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(v) legally arrest
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arbitrary
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(adj) unsupported
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arbitrate
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(v) determine; submit
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articulate
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(v) capable of speech
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askew
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(adj) to one side
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assimilate
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(v) absorb
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contending
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(v) compete
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plundered
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(v) rob by open force
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ordained
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(v) give orders for
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valor
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(n) bravery
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dispersed
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(v) to spread widely
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clarion
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(n) ancient trumpet
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audacity
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(n) boldness; daring
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weilding
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(v) to exercise power; to use a weapon effectivley
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tactician
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(n) one who plans a plan
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vigilance
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(n) watchfulness
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precendence
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(n) priority
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harangue
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(n) a scolding
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insidious
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(adj) proceeding in a gradual. sublte way, but with a harmful effect
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libation
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(n) intoxicating beverage
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vie
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(v) to strive in competition
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annihilation
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(n) act of destroying
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feign
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(v) pretend
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promontory
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(n) a headland
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desolate
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(adj) lonely
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pungent
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(adj) shraply affecting nose of mouth
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auspicios
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(adj) favorable
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contentious
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(adj) tending to argument
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prowess
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(n) exeptional valor
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mutinous
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(adj) revloting against authority
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hapless
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(adj) unlucky
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guile
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(n) sly
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profusion
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(n) abundance
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prodigious
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(adj) extraordinary in size
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hovered
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(v) to hang, flutter, or suspend in the air
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appalled
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(v) to fill or overcome with horror
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