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20 Cards in this Set
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Adversary
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an enemy, opponent
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Alienate
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to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey
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Artifice
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A skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick, a clever skill; trickery
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Coerce
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To compel, force
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Craven
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Cowardly, a coward
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Culinary
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Of or related to cooking or the kitchen
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Delete
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To erase, wipe out, cut out
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Demise
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A death, especially of a person in a lofty position
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Exhilerate
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To enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to
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Fallow
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Adj: Plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish yellow; noun: land left unseeded; verb: to plow but not seed
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Harass
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to disturb; to worry; to trouble by repeated attacks
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Inclement
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stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action
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Muse
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To think about in a dreamy way, ponder
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Negligible
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So unimportant that it can be disregarded
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Perpetuate
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To make permanent or long lasting
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Precedent
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An example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
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Punitive
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Inflicting or aiming at punishment
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Redress
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To set right, remedy; relief from wrong or injury
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Sojourn
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A temporary stay; to stay for a time
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Urbane
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refined in manner or style, suave
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