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80 Cards in this Set
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alienate
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to turn away feeling or affection
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fatalistic
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believing that all events in life are in evadable and determined by fate
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Pensive
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dreamily thoughtful
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elated
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in high spirits
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paucity
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a scarcity or lack
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obtrude
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to force ones self on a situation uninvited
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lackadaisical
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uninterested, listless
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licentious
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morally unrestrained
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numismatist
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coin collector
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epigram
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a witty saying expressing a single thought or obervation
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hone
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to sharpen
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gorge
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to eat or swallow greedily
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demented
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mentally ill or insane
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opiate
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a narcotic used to cause sleep or bring relief from
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dally
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to waist time, dawdle
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antiquated
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no longer used or useful very old
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beleaguer
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to harass
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amalgamate
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to combine
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caricature
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an exaggerated portal of ones features
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felonious
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pertaining to or constituting a major crime
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hone
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to sharpen
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gorge
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to eat or swallow greedily
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demented
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mentally ill or insane
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opiate
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a narcotic used to cause sleep or bring relief from
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dally
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to waist time, dawdle
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antiquated
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no longer used or useful very old
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beleaguer
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to harass
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amalgamate
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to combine
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caricature
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an exaggerated portal of ones features
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felonious
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pertaining to or constituting a major crime
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belated
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delayed
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chauvinist
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ONE HAVING A FINATICLE DEVOTION to a country gender or religion with contempt for opposite
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berserk
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in a state of violent or destructive rage
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edifice
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a large ELABORATE structure
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ambidextrous
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equally skilled with either hand
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animate
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to give life or motion to
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knead
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to work dough or clay into a uniform mixture
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egalitariam
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promoting equal rights to all people
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ostentatious
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marked by a conspicuous showy or pretentious display
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delude
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to mislead, to fool
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elude
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to escape notice, to get away from
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blight
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anything that destroys prevents growth or causes devaluation
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entice
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to attract by offering a reward or pleasure
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laggard
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a slow person one who falls behind
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gratify
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to please
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fealty
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obligated loyalty or faithfulness
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obsequy
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a funeral write or ceremony
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fallow
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inactive unproductive
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denizen
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an occupant inhabitant
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gambit
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maneuver or action used to gain an advantage
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efface
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to obliterate
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charisma
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personal appeal or attraction
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mesmerize
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to hypnotize
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bandy
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to exchange words to discuss
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ogre
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a brute a large monster
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gist
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the main point
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jaded
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worn out
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entity
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anything having exsistance
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advocate
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to recommend
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dastardly
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cowardly and treacherous
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enmity
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deep seeded hostility
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declaim
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to speak in a dramatic impassioned or blustering manor
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gaff
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a pole with a large hook on one end
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quaff
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to drink in large amounts
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imbue
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to inspire or influence
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mandarin
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an influential person
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nepotism
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favoritism shown to family or friends by those in power
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begrudged
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to resent another's success
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bibliophile
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a lover of books
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glutinous
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gluey sticky
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gird
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to prepare for a event of a action
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daunt
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to make afraid
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flux
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a state of change or movement
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hovel
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a wretched living place
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cadaverous
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of or like a corpse
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Gothic
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of the middle ages
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penury
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extreme poverty
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egress
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an exit
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felicity
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happiness
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despot
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a dictator with power
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