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36 Cards in this Set
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affluent
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wealthy and privileged; well-to-do
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superfluous
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additional to what is necessary; extra
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mellifluous
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sweetly flowing or sounding
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leaven
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to make less heavy or serious
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levity
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lack of seriousness; jolly or joking manner
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alleviate
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to make less painful or dangerous
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elapse
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to slip away; go by
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collapse
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complete failure and ruin
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relapse
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a falling back into an old illness or bad habit
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recede
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to move back or away from
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concession
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something given up or yielded
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cede
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to surrender
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rapacious
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seizing everything; greedy
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rapt
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giving total attention to; captivated
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surreptitious
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hidden or secret; done without notice
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perceptible
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able to be noticed or felt
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susceptible
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able to be influenced
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precept
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an idea important to a system of beliefs
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voracious
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devouring
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omnivorous
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feeding on both animals and plants
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herbivorous
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eating only plants
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decadent
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overly luxurious and lacking moral discipline; excessive
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cadence
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rhythmic rise and fall
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casualty
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something or someone injured, killed or eliminated
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perjury
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breaking of a legal oath
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abjure
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to swear off; renounce
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conjure
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to bring forth, especially through words
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predominant
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being most evident or apparent
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domineering
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forcing other to obey
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indomitable
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unbeatable; resilient
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aristocracy
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group of the most wealthy and privileged
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theocracy
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government by a religious leader or figure
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bureaucrat
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a minor official
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legitimize
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to give credit or recognition to
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privileged
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available only to a special few; entitled to something special
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legislative
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having to do with the law
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