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50 Cards in this Set
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blackmailer
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extortion of sth valuable from a person by threatening to expose them with discreditable info
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blandishment
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flattery
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blaring
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to sound loudly and stridently; a stereo blaring next door
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blurb
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a short notice
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boor
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someone that lacks refinement (nguoi cuc mich)
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brag
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to show excessive pride
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braggart
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s.o who behaves in an immodest way s.o w/ a big ego
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brevity
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shortness
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buffers
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sth used absorb shock or scrutiny
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buffering
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to hit or beat, esp repeatedly
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bully
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s.o who acts domineering
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bungler
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s.o who is inept
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bureaucracy
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an inefficient organization
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cajole
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to urge w/ gentle and repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery; coax; wheedle
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callous
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emotionally hardened; unfeeling
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cathartic
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inducing catharsis; purgative ( thuoc tay nhe)
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caustic
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scolding; bitter
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celebrity
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fame
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celestial
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of or relating to the sky or the heavens
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certify
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to make official
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chain
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sth made up of links
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charlatan
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s.o who is a quack; a fake
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chicanery
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deception by trickery or sophistry
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chime
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sound made by a bell
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chimerical
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given to unrealistic fantasies; fanciful
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chronicle
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a detailed narrative record or report
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circumspect
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having or showing prudence
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clip
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to cut off parts of fingernails
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coin
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to make a word
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collaborator
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a partner in a project
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company
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a group pf perfomers
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complement
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sth that completes, makes up a whole or brings to perfection
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compounded
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make worse
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compress
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to reduce volume
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compulsive
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characterized by the irresistible impulse to act ( ep buoc)
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confine
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to give a restriction
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confrontation
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a fight
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conglomeration
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an accumulation of miscellaneous things
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consign
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to assign to
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conspiratorial
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of, or relating to conspirators or a conspiracy ( bi an)
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contentious
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quarrelsome
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contiguous
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adjacent to one another ( ke ben canh)
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contrite
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showing regret
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convince
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to cause belief
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copious
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abundant
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coronation
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the induction of a monarch (king or queen)
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cosmopolitan
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having constituent elements from all over the world or many different parts of the world
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courtiers
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a group of attendants for a sovereign
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crush
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to create extreme disappointment
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curative
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able to curve
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