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22 Cards in this Set
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burnish
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rub, polish
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ebullient
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overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement, boiling, bubbling
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delectable
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delightful, enjoyable
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abrogate
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to repeal, cancel, declare null and void
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asperity
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roughness,severity, bitterness, or tartness
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detritus
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fragments as a result from destruction
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deseutude
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disuse, the state of being discontinued
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ambient
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completely surrounding
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cabal
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a small group working in secret
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deprecate
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to express mild disapproval, to belittle
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eclectic
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drawn from different sources
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sequester
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to set apart,separate for a special purpose; take possession of and hold in custody
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moribund
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dying, on the way out
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necromancer
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one who claims to reveal or influence the future through magic, claim to communicate with dead
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winnow
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to get rid of something unwanted, to blow on,fan, to sift
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flaccid
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limp, not firm;lacking, vigor or effectiveness
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rife
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common, prevalent, happening often, full, plentiful, abundant
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inexorable
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inflexible, beyond influence, relentless, unyeilding
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onerous
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burdensome, oppressive, involving hardship or dificulty
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emenate
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to proceed or come forth from some point of origin, issue, originate, to send forth
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impecunious
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having little or no money
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rudiments
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the parts of any subject or discipline that are learned first.
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