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20 Cards in this Set
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Adversary
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(n) an enemy, oppponent
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Alienate
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(v) to turn away, to make indifferent or hostile, to transfer
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Artifice
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(n) a skillful or inenious device, a clever trick, a clever skill, trickery
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Coerce
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(v) to compel, force
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craven
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(adj) cowardly (n) coward
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Culinary
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(adj) of or relating to cooking or the kitchen
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delete
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(v) to erase, wipe out, cut out
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demise
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(n) a death, especially of someone of lofty status
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exhilarate
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(v) to enliven, cheer, give spirit of liveliness to
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Fallow
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(adj) plowed but not seeded, inactive, reddish-yellow (N0 land left unseeded
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Harass
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to disturb, worry, to trouble by repeated attacks
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Inclement
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(adj) stormy, harsh, severe in attitude or action
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muse
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(v) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder
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negligible
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(adj) so unimportant that it can be disregarded
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perpetuate
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(v) to make permanent or long lasting
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precedent
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(n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
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punitive
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(adj) inflicting or aiming at punishment
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redress
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(v) to set right, remedy (n) relief from wrong or injury
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sojurn
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(n) a temporary stay (v) to stay for a time
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urbane
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(adj) refined in manner or style, suave
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