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59 Cards in this Set
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additional
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auxiliary
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to decrease in value due to over useage
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depreciation
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shortness of time
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brevity
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menial
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drudgery
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frank, outspoken
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candid
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characterized by shyness and modesty
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demure
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Noun: A deep bucket used for coal
Verb: to scurry off |
Scuttle
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to behave
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comport
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to review by a brief summary
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recapitulate
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offensive, distasteful
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repugnant
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a harsh, grating sound
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rasping
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a small space
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cubicle
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a diplomatic agent
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envoy
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to rise
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escalate
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quick
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expiedent
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to fake
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feign
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causing GRIEF (wink wink...)
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grievous
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having a forign origin
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heterogenous
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a large group
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horde
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To drve or urge forward
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impel
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not able to believe
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incredelous
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to address or dedicate
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inscribe
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a form of dramatic entertainment
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monologue
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a medical forcast
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prognosis
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a person living in seclusion
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hermit
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no personality
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impersonally
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not concerned
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non-chalantly
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to give up
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resignedly
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shaking
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quivering
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apart in feeling or interest
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aloof
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A plaid shirt, usually bright colored
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madras
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impossible to come to understand
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unfathomable
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worth
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asset
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being alone
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Loned
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not clearly
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vaguely
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non giving up
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relentless
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a small stream
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rivulet
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to spend wastefully
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squander
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short (i.e. quick short musical notes)
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staccato
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law
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statute
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keeping a firm hold
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tenacious
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to tease
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taunt
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to replace one thing with something else
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supplant
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being more than is required
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superfluous
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formally precise
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prim
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continuing after one's death
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posthumous
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to make clear
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elucidate
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complex
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intricate
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continuing without interupption
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incessant
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reduced to poverty
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impoverished
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to strike forcibly with an ax
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hew
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to hold back
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hamper
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dredful, horrible
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ghastly
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sorrowful
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doleful
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constant in effort to accomplish something
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diligent
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to pay the cost of
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defray
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believeable
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credible
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slavery
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bondage
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to repent
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atone
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