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73 Cards in this Set
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seemly
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proper
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disarming
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to render helpless or harmless
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bolster
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to strengthen reinforce
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waif
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lost or homeless person, child, animal
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gait
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the way of walking
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myraid
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very large indefinite number
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impediment
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hindrance, obstruction
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hovel
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small miserable dwelling
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devise
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to plan invent
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negate
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to make ineffective or invalide
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sustain
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maintain
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utter
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complete, absolute
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deplore
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to feel or express stron disapproval
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maim
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to disable, cripple
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disgruntled
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discontented upset
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frugal
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thrifty
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awry
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wrong, amiss
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attire
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dress,clothing
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transition
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changing from one form, stae, subject of place to another
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rue
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regret, remorse
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perceptible
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able to be understood
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perturbed
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worried upset
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ostracize
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keep out banish
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ungainly
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clumsy, awkward
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facetous
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funny
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banter
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good-humored teasing
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proxy
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a person authorized to act for another
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residue
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what is left after a part is removed
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flaunt
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to show off
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pulverize
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to crush or grind into a powder, to destroy
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solicitous
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attentive, concerned
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scapegoat
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a person group or thing that is blamed
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tedious
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dull boring
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levity
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lightness of speech, or attitude, frivolity
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molten
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made liquid by heat, melted
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unison
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agreement
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plummet
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drop abruptly or heavily
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relevant
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related to the matter at hand
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ruse
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deception
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shiftless
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lazy
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taint
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to make poisonous or rotten
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unassuming
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modest
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vex
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to puzzle, baffle
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wallow
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indulge oneself shamelessly
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wry
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twisted bent to one side
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waver
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move, swing back and forth
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vitality
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an energy
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plebean
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one of the common people
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recluse
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aperson who withdraws from the world to live alone
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menial
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requiring little skill or responsibility
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trepidation
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dread apprehension
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veer
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to turn aside from a course or direction
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wrangle
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disput noisily or angrily
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cower
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to shrink from fear cringe
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justify
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to be just, right or valid
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haggard
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worn or exhausted
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ensue
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to take place subsequently
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nullify
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to make void, cancel out
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staid
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restrained and sober
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scoff
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to make fun of
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genial
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cheerful,friendly, good-humored
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vigil
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the eve of a religious festival as observe by devotional watching
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volatile
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erupt into violent action
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oust
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to force or drive out
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incognito
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diguise one's identity
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loiter
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to stand idly about
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collaborate
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to work together
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nauseate
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to feel or cause a stomach disturbance
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capitualte
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surrender under stated conditions
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elite
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the superior members of a group
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instigate
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to incite, urge on
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gaunt
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thin, bony
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revert
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to return to a former condition
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