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66 Cards in this Set
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auspicious
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promissing success, favorable
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career moblity
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movement of people between jobs
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barred
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to prevent or hinder
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nil
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nothing;zero
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clout
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strong influcnece; politcial power
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meritocracy
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elite gruop academic achievement
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explicitly
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clearly expressed
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coercive
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dominating
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notion
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belief
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imperative
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command, order
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high-minded
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having high moral principels
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civic
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pertaining to a city government
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grudging
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unwilling
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deem
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to judge
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luxuriate
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to grow fully;thrive
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pamper
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to treat with excessive care
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pronounced
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clearly indicated
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sway
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to incline in opinion
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incarcerate
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imprison
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confide
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to trust fully
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entrust
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to put into the care or protection of
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perpetrate
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to commit (crime)
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theorize
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to speculate
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broth
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liquid containing neutriets for bacteria
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willy-nilly
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disorganized or unplaneed manner
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protozoa
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primitave
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spun
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past tense of spin
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subdued
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repressed
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tagnant
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inactive
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ingenious
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orginial
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account for
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to give an explanation for
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intuitive
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perceiving without reasoning
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depict
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portray
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scanty
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meager, insufficient
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indiscriminate
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random, confused
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curtail
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shorten, reduce
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preemt
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forestall
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enthrall
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capture
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fiasco
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failure
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conundrum
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riddle
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dilatoy
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delaying
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retrospective
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looking back on the past
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shun
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avoid
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capitulate
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surrender
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hoisome
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foul smelling
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repertoire
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list of works
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mollify
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soothe
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notoriery
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disrepute
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inconsequential
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insignificant
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infuriate
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enrage
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mischievious
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jokeing
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impeccable
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faultless
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deciduous
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falling of as of leaves
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decimate
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to destory or kill large part
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declivity
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downward slope
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decollete
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having a low necked dress
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decree
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verdict
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decrepitude
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state of collapse
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decry
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express strong hatred
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deducible
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derived by reasoning
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deface
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mar, disfigure
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default
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failure to act
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defeatist
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attidude that failure happens
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defection
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desertion 탈퇴
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defer
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dilay till later
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defer
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give in, submit
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