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20 Cards in this Set
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abet
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to encourage, assist (especially in something wrong)
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aver
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to affirm, declare confidently
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blatant
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obvious or conspicuous, esecially in an unfavorable sense
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broach
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to bring up or begin to talk about, (a subject)
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buttress
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to support, prop up, a supporting stucture
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carousal
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noisy revelry or merrmaking (often with a a suggestion of heavy drinking)
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collate
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to arrange in order fro some specific purpose
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connoisseur
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an expert, one who is well qualified to pass critical judgements
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diconsolate
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deeply unhappy or dejectex, without hope
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encumber
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to weigh down or burden, (whith difficulties, cares, debt)
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fometn
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to promote troulb eor rebellion
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grisly
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frightful, horrible, ghastly
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herculean
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characterized by great strength, very hard to do in the sense of requiring unusual strength
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impassive
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showing no feeling or emotion
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inauspicious
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unfavorable, suggesting bad luck
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invontrovertible
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unquestionable, beyond dispute
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nonplussed
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puzzzled, not knowing what to do, at a loss
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opportune
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suitable or convenient for a particulat purpose
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prolific
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abundently productive
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rejoinder
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a reply
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