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57 Cards in this Set
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succumb
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to submit to
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supercilious
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haughty and patronizing
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surfeit
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excess
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enervate
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to drain the energy out of
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ephemeral
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fleeting and not lasting
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epigram
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a brief and witty saying
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approbation
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approval
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archaic
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extremely old
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appease
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to soothe
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cacophany
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a harsh sounding mixture of sounds
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callow
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immature
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capitulate
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to surrender
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stringent
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strict and restrictive
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stymie
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to thwart or hinder
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slander
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to speak badly of someone
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bovine
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cowlike
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burgeon
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to expand, flourish
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blight
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a disease that kills off plants
anything that injures or destroys |
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decimate
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to destroy
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debacle
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a violent breakdown or overwhelming defeat
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despondent
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depressed
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transgress
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to violate
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turpitude
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wickedness
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transient
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not staying
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proliferate
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to spread or grow rapidly
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proximity
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nearness
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provincial
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limited in one's outlook
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alleviate
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to relieve
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allusion
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an indirect reference
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amiable
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friendly
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mollify
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to soften
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myopia
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nearsightedness
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munificent
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lavish
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sequester
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to set apart
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sacrilege
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a violation of something sacred
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implement
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to carry out
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increment
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one in a series of increases
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incorrigible
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incapable of being reformed
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laud
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to praise
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lethargy
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drowsiness
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lucid
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clear and easy to understand
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chastise
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to inflict punishment on
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chimera
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an illusion
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choleric
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hot-tempered
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saccharine
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excessively sweet
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malinger
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to pretend to be sick to avoid work
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malfeasance
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an illegal act
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malleable
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easy to shape and bend
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tout
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praise highly
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temerity
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boldness
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taciturn
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silent
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exacerbate
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make worse
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euphemism
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a pleasant or inoffensive expression
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evanescent
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fleeting
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censure
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to condemn severely
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candor
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honesty
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capricious
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unpredictable
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