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30 Cards in this Set
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abdicate
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to relinquish a position of power
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abnegate
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to deny oneself a right or privelege
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absolve
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to free from blame or responsibility
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catharsis
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the letting go of emotion
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countermand
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to cancel an order
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recant
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withdraw from commitment to a former position or statement
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recoup
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regain or recover
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renunciation
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the act of giving up/renouncing something
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rescind
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to revoke or take back
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waive
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to give up
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atrophy
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wasting away of something
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debilitate
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to weaken
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livid
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angry; full of rage
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moribund
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near death
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noxious
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harmful/dangerous/poisenous
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pestilent
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plaguelike
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prostrate
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to overcome or overthrow
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salubrious
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favorable to good health
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scourge
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someone/something that inflicts punishment or causes suffering
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unscathed
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not hurt of harmed
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bene
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good; benevolent
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brevi
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short; brevity
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cand
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to glow; candle
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capit
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chief; capitol
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carno
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flesh/meat; carnivorous
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celer
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swift/speed; celerity
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centi
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one-hundred; centipede
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-cise
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to cut; exercise
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-cide
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kill/murder; genocide
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cirum
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around; circumference
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