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20 Cards in this Set
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conciliate
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(v.) to overcome the anmosity of
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culinary
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(adj.) of kitchens or cookery
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deter
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(v.) to prevent or discourage from acting
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enthrall
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(v.) to hold in or reduce slavery (to hold spellbound)
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exponent
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(n.) the number in a power that represents how many times the base is used as a factor (2^3=2*2*2)
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haphazard
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(adj.) dependent on or characterized by mere chance
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hilarious
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(adj.) boisterlously, extremely funny
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intrinsic
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(adj.) to the essential nature of a thing
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lieu
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(n.) place; stead (in lieu = in place or instead)
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liquidate
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(v.) to pay off or settle; to kill; to convert into cash
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medley
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(n.) a musical composition
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naive
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(adj.) marked by unaffected simplicity
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obviate
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(v.) to anticipate and prevent or make unnecessary
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salient
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(adj.) projecting beyond a line or surface
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sedentary
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(adj.) requiring or marked by much sitting
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solovenly
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(adj.) a hibitually untidy or careless person
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sauve
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(adj.) smoothly but sometimes superficially gracious, urbana
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trepidation
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(n.) great alarm or dread
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tribulation
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(n.) trial or hardship
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exhaustive
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(adj.) comprehensive; thorough
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