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20 Cards in this Set
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adversary |
an enemy, opponent |
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alienate |
to turn away, to make indifferent or hostile , to transfer convoy |
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artifice |
a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick |
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coerce |
to compel, force |
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craven |
cowardly |
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culinary |
of or related to cooking or to the kitchen |
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delete |
to erase |
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demise |
a death, especially of a person in a lofting posistion |
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exhilarate |
to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to |
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fallow |
plowed but not seeded; inactive land left unseeded to plow but not seed |
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harass |
to disturb |
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inclement |
stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action |
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muse |
to think about in a dreamy way, ponder |
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negligible
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so unimportant that it can be disregarded
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perpetuate |
to make permanent |
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precedent
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an example that may serve as a basis of imitation
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punitive |
inflicting or aiming at punishment |
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redress |
to set right, remedy relief from wrong or injury |
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sojourn |
a temporary stay to stay for a time |
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urbane |
refined in manner or style |