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14 Cards in this Set
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apparel
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clothing, that witch serves as dress or decoration
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besiege
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to attack by surrounding with military forces
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compress
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to press together; to reduce in size or volume
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denounce
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to condemn openly; to accuse formally
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dispatch
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to send off or out for a purpose; to kill
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douse
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to plunge into a liquid, drench
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expressly
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plainly, in so many words;
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famished
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suffering severely from hunger or from lack of something
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forsake
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to give up, renounce; to leave, abandon
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gainful
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profitable, bringing in money or some speacial advantage
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immense
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very large or great; beyond ordinary measurement
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inept
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totally without skill or appropriateness
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ingenious
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showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness
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instantaneous
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done in an instant
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