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60 Cards in this Set
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Auxiliary
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Giving assistance or support
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Candid
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Frank, sincere
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Cubicle
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A small room or compartment
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Drudgery
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Work that is hard or tiresome
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Escalate
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To elevate
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Envoy
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A representative or messenger
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Expedient
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A means to an end
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Flair
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A natural quality, talent, or skill
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Feign
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To pretend
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Grievous
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Causing sorrow or pain
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Heterogeneous
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Composed of different kinds
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Horde
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A vast number
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Impel
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To force
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Incredulous
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Disbelieving
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Inscribe
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To write of engrave
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Monologue
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A speech by one actor
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Prognosis
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A forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation.
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Rasping
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With a harch, grating sound
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Repugnant
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Offensive
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Scuttle
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To sink a ship by cutting holes in it
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Already
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Previously
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All ready
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Completely ready
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Altogether
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Completely
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All together
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Gathered together in one place
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Among
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More than two persons or things
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Between
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Speaking of only two
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Amount
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Cannot count
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Number
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Can count
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Annual
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Happens once a year
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Biannual/ Semiannual
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Happens twice a year
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Biennial
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Happens once every two years
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Perennial
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Happens year after year
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Ant
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An insect
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Aunt
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Sister of a person's mother or father
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Ascent
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Rising or climbing
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Assent
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An agreement
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Who's
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Contraction for "who is"
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Whose
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A possesive pronoun
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Wood
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Material that comes from trees
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Would
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Form of the verb "will"
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Your
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Shows ownership
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You're
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Contraction for "you are"
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Abdicate
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To renounce the throne
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Abhor
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To regard with hatred or disgust
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Abject
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Contemptible
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Abomination
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A person or thing that is dreadful or disgusting
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Abrogate
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To repeal or annul
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Abscess
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An acute local bacterial infection containing pus, such as a boil
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Abstain
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To refrain voluntarily from doing something
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Abstruse
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Obscure or difficult to understand
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Biennial
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Happens once every two years
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Perennial
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Happens year after year
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Ant
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An insect
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Aunt
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Sister of a person's mother or father
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Ascent
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Rising or climbing
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Assent
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An agreement
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Who's
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Contraction for "who is"
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Whose
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A possesive pronoun
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Wood
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Material that comes from trees
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Would
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Form of the verb "will"
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