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15 Cards in this Set
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Acrimony
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bitterness or sharpness of temper, amnner, or speech; hostility
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Affinity
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attraction for someone or something eith ehich one feels a closeness or kinship
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Ambivalent
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having mixed, often opposing, feeling about something or someone; indecisive
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Cessation
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a stopping, either final or temporary
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Emaciated
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very thin or wasted away, especially from lack of nourishment; scrawny
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Enclave
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a distinct region or community enclosed within a larger territory
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Engender
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to bring into being; to produce
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Exacerbate
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to make more severe, bitter, or violent
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Illicit
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not allowed, improper, or unlawful
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Indigenous
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naturally living or growing in a certain area
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Inexorable
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not to be persuaded, stopped, or moved by entreaty or plea; relentless
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Infatuated
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filled with excessive, shallow, or foolish love or desire
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Insatiable
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never satisfied; greedy
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Poignant
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painfully moving, affecting, or touching
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Proselytize
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to convert someone to a faith, belief, or cause
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