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15 Cards in this Set
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ASSIMILATE
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to take in and utilize as nourishment; absorb into the system; to make similar; to alter by assimilation; to absorb into the culture of mores of a population or group
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AVARICE
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excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain: greediness, cupidity
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BANTAM
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any of numerous small domestic fowls that are often miniatures of members of the standard breeds; a person of diminutive stature and often combative disposition
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CULL
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to select from a group; choose; to reduce or control the size of by removal of the weaker animals; to hunt or kill as a means of population control
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EPOCHAL
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of or relating to an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period of development; the third part of a triadic greek ode, following the strophe and the antistrophe
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GRISLY
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inspiring horror or intense fear; inspiring disgust or distaste
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INEFFECTUAL
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not producing the proper or intended effect; futile; ineffective
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LOATH
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unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking: reluctant
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MALADY
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a disease or disorder of the animal body; an unwholesome or disordered condition
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NEFARIOUS
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flagrantly wicked or impious (evil)
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SCRUTINIZE
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to examine closely and minutely; to make a scrutiny; stresses close attention to minute detail
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SOLICIT
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to make petition to: entreat; to approach with a request or plea; to urge strongly; to proposition; to entice or lure;
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SPEW
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vomit; to come forth in a flood or gush; to ooze out as if under pressure; exude
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VENOM
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poisonous matter normally secreted by some animals and transmitted to prey or any enemy, chiefly by biting or stinging
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VEXATION
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the act of harassing or vexing, troubling, to the quality or state of being debating something at length.
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