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20 Cards in this Set
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alleviate
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to ease a pain or burden
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asylum
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a place of retreat or security
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auspicious
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favorable; promising
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benevolent
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well-meaning; generous
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benign
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kind and gentle
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mollify
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to calm or soothe
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reclamation
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the act of making something useful again
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sanction
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to give official authorization or approval
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dubious
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doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
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fabricated
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made; concocted to deceive
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hypocrisy
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to practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity
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slander
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false charges and malicious oral statements made about someone
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spurious
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not genuine
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astute
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shrewd; clever
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clandestine
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secretive
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coup
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a brilliantly executed plan
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disingenuous
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not straightforward; crafty
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ruse
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a crafty tick
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stratagem
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a clever trick used to deceive or outwit
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surreptitiously
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done by secretive means
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