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70 Cards in this Set
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counterpart
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completes another
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coup
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highly successful action (overthrow gov)
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couple
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join unite
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courier
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messanger
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covenant
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agreement
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covert
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secret; hidden; implied
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covetous
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extreme desire
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cow
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terrorize; intimidate
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cower
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shrink quivering
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coy
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shy;modestcoquettish
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cozen
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cozen (his friends0
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crabbed
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sour;peevish
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craftiness
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slyness trickness
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crass
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very unrefined; grossly insensible
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craven
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coward-like
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credence
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belief
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credibillity
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believebillity
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credo
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creed - formal statement of religious belief
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credulity
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beleif on slight evidence; guillibility
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creed
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system of religious or ethical beleif
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crescendo
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increase of volume
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crest
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highest point of a hill
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crestfallen
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dejected; dispirated
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crevice
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crack fissure
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cringe
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shrink back in fear
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criterion
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single standard in judging
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crop
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cut off unwanted parts of photo; graze
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crotchety
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eccentric;whimsical;stubborn;strange
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crux
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crucial point
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crypt
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secreat recess or vault
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cryptic
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hidden mysterious
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cubicle
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small chamber for sleeping
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cuisine
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style of cooking
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culinary
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cooking
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cull
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pick out; reject
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culminate
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attain highest point; climax
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culpable
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deserving blame
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culvert
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artificial channel for water
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cumbersome
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heavy;hardtomanage
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cumulalitive
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growing by addidtion
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cupidity
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greed
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curator
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superintendent
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curmudgeon
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churlish; miserly individual
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cursive
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flowing
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cursory
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casual;hastily done
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curtail
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reduce shorten
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cynical
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distrustful of human motives
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dabble
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non serious work
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dais
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raised platform for guests of honor
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dank
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damp
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dapper
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neat and trim
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dappled
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spotted
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daub
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smear
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daunt
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intimidate; frighten
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dauntless
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fearless bold
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dawdle
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loiter; waste time
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deadlock
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standstill
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deadpan
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wooden;impersonal
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dearth
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scarcity
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debacle
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sudden downfall; complete disaster
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debase
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reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem
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debauch
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corrupt; seduce from virtue
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debillitate
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weaken;enfeeble
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debonair
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friendly aiming to please
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debris
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ruubble
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debunk
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expose as false;ridicule
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debutante
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young woman going into society
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decadence
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decay
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decapitate
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behead
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decelerate
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slow down
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