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50 Cards in this Set
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anger |
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travail |
pinfully difficult work; pain or suffering from mental or physical hardship |
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fractious |
disrputive or irritable |
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groggy |
confused, sluggish, or dizzy, as from lack of sleep or drunkeness |
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windfall |
unexpected good fortune |
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implicate |
to incriminate; to show or suggest involvement |
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illicit |
unlawful; improper |
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haven |
a safe place |
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rife |
prevalent, abundant |
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perdicament |
a troublesome or embarassing situation |
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consolidate |
to combine into a hwole; to strengthen |
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compulsion |
irresistible impulse; force |
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malfeasance |
wrongdoing esp. by a public official |
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sate |
to satisfy (any appetite or desire) fully |
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implode |
to violently collapse inward |
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salient |
important, prominent, most noticeable |
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convey |
to carry or transmit; to communicate |
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incursion |
an attack or raid; the act of entering another's territory |
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rifle |
to search thoroughly |
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jargon |
specialized terminology of a profession; incoherant speach |
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sybarite |
on devoted to luxury |
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sloth |
laziness |
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asset |
a valuable thing, quality, or resource |
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traverse |
to travel over or through |
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combustible |
capable of catching fire |
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rapport |
concord; a trustful relationship; harmony |
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nominal |
appearing in name only; negligible or of a low amount |
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dissuade |
to discourage from a course of action |
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effervescent |
giving off gas bubbles; showing high spirits or excitement |
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defile |
to corrupt; to desecrate or sully |
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bulwark |
a wall or embankment used for a defensive fortification; something serving as a defense or safeguard, often figurative |
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proclivity |
a natural or habitual tendency or inclination |
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awry |
away from the correct course; wrong; deviant |
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apt |
appropriate; having a natural tendency |
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canny |
clever and cautious |
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soliloquy |
a dramatic speech delivered by a character to himself |
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scapegoat |
one who takes blame |
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caveat |
a warning |
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haunt |
to visit often or continually |
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lament |
to grieve; to regret deeply |
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prattle |
to talk idly or babble |
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inclined |
disposed; willing |
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panoply |
a splendid array; ceremonial dress with all accessories |
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omnivorous |
able to eat any kind of food |
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conundrum |
a riddle or puzzle esp. one without a solution |
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ruthless |
having no compassion or pity |
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interstices |
small spaces between things |
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prophecy |
a prediction |
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insinuate |
to hint |
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credence |
belief; mental acceptance as true or real |
