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20 Cards in this Set
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Abnormal
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Not usual, not typical, strange
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Capsize
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to turn bottom size up, upset
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Catastrophe
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A large scale disaster, misfortune, or failure
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decrease
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to become or make less; a lessoning
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disputatious
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inclined to argue or debate; provoking debate
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eject
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to drive or throw out; evict
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flourish
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to grow, thrive, be prosperous; to wave in the air a dramatic gesture a fanfare or horns
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incentive
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a reason for doing something, something that stimulates action
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insubordinate
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disobedient; rebellious
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legible
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easily read
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nub
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the central point or heart of a matter, a knob
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onslaught
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violent attack sudden rush of something
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ordain
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to establish by law order or command to appoint by a priest or minister to destine
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outstrip
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to get ahead of; to do better than, exceed
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prevade
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to spread throughout
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prudent
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cautious, careful, showing good sense
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quench
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to put out, extinguish , end
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remnant
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small part remaining behind
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simultaneous
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happening or existing at the same time
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swerve
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to turn aside sharply a sharp or sudden turn
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