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24 Cards in this Set
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roster
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a list of names
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stunted
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checked in natural growth, held back in growth
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atrophy
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waste away
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maim
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disable, cripple
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ameliorate
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improve, relieve
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to burn the midnight oil
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to study or work until very late
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cynic
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pessimist, skeptic
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unctuous
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affectedly emotional (used cars salesman)
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benevolent
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kindly, charitable
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subservient
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servile, obsequious
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iniquity
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injustice, wickedness
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to lay one's cards on the table
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to talk frankly
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largess
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gift, gratuity, liberality
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criterion
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model, standard, test
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repent
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regret, desire to make amends
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mollify
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pacify, appease
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mercenary (adj)
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motivated by desire for gain, greedy
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a bolt from the blue
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a great surprise
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pariah
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social outcast
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aloof
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distant, apart, reserved
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pragmatic
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practical, based on experience
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vestige
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trace, evidence
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guise
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manner, appearance, mien
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to tell tales out of school
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to reveal harmful secrets
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