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35 Cards in this Set
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Chronic
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Lasting for a longer period of time or marked by frequent reoccurrence
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Conniver
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To scheme, to plot
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Venerable
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commanding respect by virtue of age, dignity, character, or opposition.
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Entrenched
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To fix or firmly secure
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Catacombed
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Filled with underground passage ways
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perilous
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Involving peril, dangerous.
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formidable
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arousing fear, dread, alarm
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Encroaching
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Advancing beyond proper or former limits.
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Enmity
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Deep seated mutual hatred
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Denuded
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Remove covering, make bare.
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Gaunt
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Thin, bony, angular
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Capacious
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Capable of containing a large quantity, spacious or roomy.
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Foyer
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An entrance hall, anteroom
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Loomed
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Imminent, Impending
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Grandeur
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The quality or condition of being grand; magnificence
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Enfeebled
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Deprived of strength, weakened
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Irate
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Extremely angry, enraged
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Prodigious
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Impressively great in size, force, or extent
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Inveigle
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To win over by coaxing, flattery
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Groveling
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To behave in servile or demaning manner
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Regimine
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Disciplined order
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indignation
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anger aroused by something unjust
to be outraged |
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Eloquence
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Persuasve powerful discourse
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Automaton
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A self operating machine or mechanism.
ROBOT |
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Reprimand
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A servere or formal rebuke
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Fratricide
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The killing of one's sister or brother
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Tentative
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Uncertain, hesitant
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Encumbrance
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A burden, impediment
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Provacative
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Tending to provoke or stimulate,.
Suggestive, flirting |
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eluding
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escaping from as by daring
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Eluding
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Escaping from as by daring cleverness
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Gaits
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A particular way of moving on foot
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Gangling
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Awkwardly tall or long limbed
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Aphorisms
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A brief statement of principle
ex: 2 heads are better than 1 |
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incredulous
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disbelieving
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