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20 Cards in this Set
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adversary
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n. an enemy, opponent
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alienate
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v. to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to trasnfer, convery
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artifice
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n. a skillful or ingenious device; a clever skill; trickery
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coerce
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v. to compel, force
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craven
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adj. cowardly n) a coward
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culinary
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adj. of or related to cooking or the kitchen
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demise
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v. a death, especially of a person in a lofty position.
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exhilarate
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v. to enliven, cheer, give spirit, or liveliness
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fallow
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adj. plowed but not seeded; inactive reddish-yellow; n. land left unseeded; v) to plow but not seeded
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delete
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n.v. to erase, wipe out, cut out
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harass
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v. to disturb, worry, to trouble by repeated attacks
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inclement
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adj. stormy; harsh; severe in attitude or action
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muse
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v. to think about in a dreary way, ponder
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negligible
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adj. so unimportant that it can be disregarded
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perpetuate
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v. to make permanent or long lasting
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precedent
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n. an example that may serve as basis for imitation of later activity
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punitive
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adj. inflicting or aiming at punishment
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redress
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v. to set right, remedy; n. relief from or injury
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sojourn
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n. a temporary stay; v. to stay for a time
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urbane
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adj. refined in manner or style, suave
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