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17 Cards in this Set
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(adj.) friendly, good natured
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Amiable
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(n.) a disease that causes plants to wither and die; a condition of disease or ruin; (v.) to destroy, ruin
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Blight
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(adj.) Willing to do what someone else wants; obedient
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Compliant
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(n.) extra space for moving along a certain route; allowance for mistakes or inaccuracies; margin of error
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Leeway
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(adj.) flexible; (v.) to cause to become flexible
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Limber
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(n.) a strong supporter of a person, party, or cause; one whose support is unreasoning; a resistant fighter; guerilla; (adj.) strongly supporting one side only
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Partisan
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(adj.) not permitted, unlawful, improper
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Illicit
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(v.) to lie, tell an untruth; to mislead on purpose
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Prevaricate
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(n.) enjoyment or satisfaction; something that adds a pleasing flavor; (v.) to enjoy greatly
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Relish
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(n.) wealth, riches, prosperity; great abundance, plenty
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Affluence
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(adj.) good-humored, in high spirits; merry
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Jovial
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(n.) the beginning, start (especially of something violent and destructive); an attack, assault
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Onset
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(n.) a great flood; a heavy fall of rain; anything that comes in vast quantity (like a flood); (v.) to flood
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Deluge
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(adj.) complete; instantaneous; without reservation, thoroughgoing; (adj.) completely, instantaneously
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Outright
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(adj.) lower in rank or position, secondary; (n.) one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else; (v.) to put in a lower or secondary position
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Subordinate
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(v.) to give up, surrender; to hand over to another
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Cede
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(v.) to free from bondage or domination; to release
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Liberate
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