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61 Cards in this Set
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remiss
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adj negelectful in performance; lazy
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ascertain
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verb to find out
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quiescent
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adj incative; dorment
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clandestine
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adj secret
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lamentable
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adj to be regretted or pitied
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delude
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verb to ridicule
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alacrity
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noun cheerful readiness
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compunction
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noun remorse; regret
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retribution
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noun a repayment; a deserved punishment
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vehement
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adj intense, forceful
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duress
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noun comlusion by threat
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exult
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to rejoice greatly
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elucidate
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verb to clarify
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cogent
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adj forceful
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droll
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adj amusingly odd
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obviate
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v. to anticipate and prevent
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vanguard
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noun the foremst part of the army
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whet
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verb to sharpen
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ruminate
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verb to mediate ; think
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officious
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adj. meddling, excessively forward in offering services
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contentious
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adj quarrelsome
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reticent
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adj not inclined to speak
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disparage
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verb to belittle
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ominous
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adj. infavorable
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garrulous
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talkative; loquacious
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complacent
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adj self-satisfied
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dissonant
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adj not in hamrony
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palatable
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adj agreeable to the taste
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acquiesce
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verb to accept with out protest
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acclimate
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verb to adapt to a new climate
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trenchant
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adj incisive;effective;forceful
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reprisal
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an injury done in return for one
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insuperable
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adj incapable of being overcome
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chagrin
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noun irritation or humiliation cause by dissapointment or frustration
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dearth
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noun a lack of; scarcity
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parsimonious
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adj. stingy
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laud
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verb to praise
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omnipotent
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adj. almighty, having unlimited power
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altruistic
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adj unselfish
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extant
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adj. still existing
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magnaminous
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adj generous in forgiving
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allocate
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verb to set apart from
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clemency
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noun mercy
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extirpate
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v. to tear up by the root
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uncanny
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adj strange
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implicate
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v. to involve in
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venial
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adj easily excused
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supple
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adj. bending; agile
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poignant
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adj deeply affecting
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temerity
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noun rashmess
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assidious
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adj. persistent, attentive
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somber
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ad. dark; gloomy
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recalcitrant
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adj. stubbornly disobedient
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indemnity
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noun a payment for damage or loss
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rancor
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noun a bitter resentment or ill-will
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ardent
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very enthusiastic
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squalid
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filthy, wretched
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venal
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adj. open to or marked by bribery
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inter
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verb to bury
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apathy
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noun lack of feelin; callous
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copious
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adj. abundant
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