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49 Cards in this Set
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abhor
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to regard with horror or loathing to hate deeply
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amend
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to change in a formal way; to change for the better
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buffet
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force ones way with difficulty force
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chaos
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great confusion disorder
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commodious
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roomy spacious
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corrosive
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eating away gradually acidlike bitterly sarcastic
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discern
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to see clearly recognize
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extant
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still existing not exterminated;destroyed, or lost
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implicate
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to involve in; to connect with or be related to
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inter
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to bury to consign to oblivion
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martinet
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a strict disciplinarian; a stickler for the rules
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obviate
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to anticipate and prevent; to remove, dispose of
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renegade
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one who leaves a group
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reprehensible
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deserving blame or punishment
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somber
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dark gloomy; depressed or melancholy in sprit
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squalid
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filthy wretched debased
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turbulent
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disorderly riotous violent; stormy
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vociferous
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loud and noisy compelling attention
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voluminous
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of great size; numerous;
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waive
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to do without give up voluntarily
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animosity
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strong dislike; bitter hostility
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apathy
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a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest
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apprehensive
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fearful or anxious, especially about thie future
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commend
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to praise, express approval;
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compatible
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work together; can use with another system
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condolence
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an expression of sympathy
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consecrate
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to make sacrad, to set apart for a special purpose
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decrepit
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old and feeble; worn-out, ruined
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deride
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to ridicule, laugh at with contempt
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ingenuous
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innocent, simple; frank, sincere
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multifarious
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having great variety; numerous and diverse
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obsolete
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out of date, no longer in use
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omnivorous
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eating all kind of food;taking in everything
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parsimonious
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stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small
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quandary
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a state of perplexity of doubt
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recalcitrant
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stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority
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reprisal
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an injury done in return for injury
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revel
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to take great pleasure in
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stultify
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to make ineffective or useless, cripple
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suave
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smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to senses
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allocate
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(v.) to set apart for a special purpose; to distribute
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ardent
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(adj.) very enthusiastic, impassioned
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assiduous
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(adj.) persistent, attentive, diligent
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brash
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(adj.) prone to act in a hasty manner; impudent
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capricious
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(adj.) subject to whims or passing fancies
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chastise
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(v.) to inflict physical punishment, to scold severely
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copious
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(adj.) abundant; plentiful; wordy; verbose
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deviate
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(v.) to turn aside; to stray from a norm; (n.) (adj)
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emaciated
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(adj., part.) made unnaturally thin
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