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60 Cards in this Set
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abscond
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to run off and hide
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access
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toapproach
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anarchy
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a lack of goverment
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arduous
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requiring much effort
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aususpicious
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fourtunate favorable
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biassed
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favoring one side
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daunt
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to overcome with fear
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disentangle
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to free from complications
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fated
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determined in advance/ destiny
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hoodwink
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to mislead by a trick
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inanimate
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not having life
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incinerate
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to burn to ashes
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intrepid
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very brave
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larceny
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theft
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pliant
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easily influenced
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pompous
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overly self important
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precipice
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a bery steep cliff, edge of disaster
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rectify
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to make correct
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reprieve
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a temporary relief or delay
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revile
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to attack with words
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accomplice
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someone who takes part in a crime
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annihilate
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to destoy completley
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arbritary
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based on ones wishes
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brazen
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shameless
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catalyst
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agent that causes change
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exodus
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large scaledeparture
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facillitate
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to make easyier
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incorrigible
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beyond control
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latent
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present but not realized
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millitant
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given to fighting
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morose
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not friendly sociable
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opaque
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not clear
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paramount
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above all others
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prattle
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to babble
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rebut
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to argue against
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reprimand
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to scold
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servitude
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forced labor, slavery
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slapdash
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careless and hasty
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stagnant
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standing still, innactive
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succumb
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to give away towards supperior force
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atone
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to make up for
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bondage
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being held down
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credible
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belivable
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defray
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to pay for
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dilligent
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hard working
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doleful
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sad
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ghastly
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frightful, horrible
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hamper
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to holdback
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hew
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to cut down with an ax
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impoverished
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poor
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incessant
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never stopping
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intricate
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complicated
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lucid
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easy to understand, clear
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posthumous
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after death
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prim
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proper
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sardonic
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bitterly sarcastic
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superflouous
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excess
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supplant
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take the place of
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taunt
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to jeer at
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tenacious
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holding fast, perssistent
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