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60 Cards in this Set
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tantalizing
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to tease, torment by teasing
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expulsion
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the process of driving or forcing out
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condone
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to pardon or overlook
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irate
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angry
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terse
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short and to the point
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adjourn
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to stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place
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comely
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having a pleasing appearance
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fortify
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to strengthen, build up
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admonish
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to caution or advise against something; to schold mildly; to remind of a duty
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breach
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an opening, gap, rapture, rift; a violation or infraction. ; tp create an opening, break through
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feint
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a deliberately deceptive movement; to make a deliberately deceptive movement
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diligent
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harworking, industrious, not lazy
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prim
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overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish
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incessant
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never stopping, going on all the time
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opaque
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not letting light through; not clear or lucid, dense, stupid
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unflinching
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firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back
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muddle
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to make a mess of, muddle throuhg, to get by; a hopeless mess
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relinquish
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to let go, give up
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terminate
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to bring to an end
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dilemma
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a difficult or perplexing situation or problem
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pilfer
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to steal in small quantities
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jeer
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to make fun of rudely or unkindly; a rude remark or derision
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deadlock
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a standstill, resulting rom the opposition of two equal forces or fractions; to bring to such a standstill
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efface
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to wipe out, to keep oneself from being noticed
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brigand
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a bandit, outlaw, robber, highway man
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subjugate
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to conquer by force, bring under complete control
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ghastly
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frightful, horrible, deathly pale
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hamper
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to hold back
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annihilate
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to destroy completely
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paramount
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chief in importance, above all others
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erratic
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not regular or consistant; different from what is ordinary or expected
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obesity
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excessive fatness
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alien
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a citizen of another country; foreign strange
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altercation
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an angry argument
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fodder
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food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose
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illegible
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difficult or impossible to read
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subjugate
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to conquer by force bring under complete control
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mediocre
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average, ordinary
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spurious
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not genuine, not true, not valid
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predispose
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to incline to beforehand
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atone
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to make up for
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tenacious
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holding fast, holding together firmly, persistent
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posthumous
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occurring or published after death
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incorrigbe
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not able to be corrected; beyond control
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abscond
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to run off and hide
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lucrative
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bringing in money, profitable
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fortify
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to strengthen, build up
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marauder
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a raider
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commandeer
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to seize for military or official use
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opinionated
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stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind
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trite
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commonplace, overused, stale
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proliferate
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to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly
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debris
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scattered fragments, wreckage
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cumbersome
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clumsy, hard to handle, slow-moving
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spasmodic
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sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent
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credible
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believable
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sardonic
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grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic
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intricate
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complicated, difficult to understand
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morose
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having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable
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arduous
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hard to do, requiring much effort
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