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32 Cards in this Set
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ameliorate
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improve
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crone
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an old woman
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deference
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submission to opinions of others
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evasive
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tring to avoid answering
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grapple
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to struggle or fight
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indignant
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showing justified anger
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monstrous
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enormous
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obstruct
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to block
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perplex
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to confuse
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quail
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to pull back in fear
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reprimand
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to criticize harshly
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taint
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to corrupt morally
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vengeance
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the act of inflicting punishment or injuy in return for an injury received
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wily
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clever
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auger
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a tool for boring holes
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contentious
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argumentative, inclined to quarrel
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denounce
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to accuse formally
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effrontery
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brashness; shamelessness
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forbidding
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having a menacing appearance
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gait
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the speed of proceeding
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immaculate
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free from error
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imperceptible
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barely noticeable
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inaudibly
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not capable of being heard
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probity
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complete honesty, integrity
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prodigious
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enormous
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qualm
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a doubt
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remorseless
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having no mercy or compassion
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slovenly
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untidy
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sublime
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supreme
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transfix
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to paralyze with horror or shock
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undermine
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to weaken or damage
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unintelligible
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not able to understand
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