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50 Cards in this Set
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to advance
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progression
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to dissolve or disappear
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disintegrate
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carried out with intense violence and an apparent desire to inflict serious harm
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vicious
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punishment inflicted in retaliation for an inquiry or offense
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vengeance
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to shake or tremble uncontrollably from a reaction such as cold, fear, or disgust
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shudder
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sticking out
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protruding
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tactful and sympathetic in relation to the feelings of others
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sensitive
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to move by argument
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persuading
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to make void (as an act) by action
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rescind
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a method of analyzing psychic phenomena and treating emotional disorders
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psychoanalysis
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cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation
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vivisection
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to enroll into service by compulsion
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conscript
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doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness
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ambiguous
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amusement or laughter
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mirth
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To be covered or lost from sight
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submerge
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an abrupt rolling or pitching
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lurched
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strong moral character or strength
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honor
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- to cause somebody to feel lost or confused, especially with regard to direction or position
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disorientation
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somebody who breaks away from or who is in favor of breaking away from a group, organization, or country
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separatism
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list of computer data constructed and maintained on a first in, first out basis; a line of people
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queue
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unable or unwilling to believe something or completely unconvinced by it
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incredulous
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able to be shaped and bent; easily influenced
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malleable
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If something is opaque, it does not let light through. It is the opposite of translucent.
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opaque
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A sacred word of friendship (peace be to you).
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salaam
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the condition of being unknown.
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obscurity
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dependent for existence, occurrence, character, etc., on something not yet certain; conditional.
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contingent
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an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
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rendezvous
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extremely strong and active, physically or mentally
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vigorously
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incapable of being disentangled, undone, loosed, or solved
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inextricably
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to go around or bypass
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circumvent
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a wall-like structure on a vessel
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bulkhead
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frail/weak
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feeble
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companions
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cronies
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The tip, point, or vertex; summit
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apex
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Rowdy; disorderly.
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raucous
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Having or exercising great power or influence.
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potent
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A dizzying sensation of tilting within stable surroundings or of being in tilting or spinning surroundings.
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vertigo
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A formal written request for something needed
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requisitioning
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Childishly foolish; immature or trivial.
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puerile
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dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever.
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deftly
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boldly resistant or challenging.
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defiant
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to free or release from entanglement; disengage.
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extricated
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a person who is put to death or endures great suffering on behalf of any belief, principle, or cause.
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martyr
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breach or wide fissure in a wall or other structure.
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chasm
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to cause to die or lose consciousness by impairing normal breathing, as by gas or other noxious agents; choke; suffocate; smother.
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asphyxiate
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deserving to be despised; contemptible
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despicable
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any enjoyment in being cruel.
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sadism
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just before, after, or facing
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adjacent
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to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.)
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conceive
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not exhaustible; incapable of being depleted:
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inexhaustible
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