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72 Cards in this Set
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a diffucult or dangerous condition or situation
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plight
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bound to happen;unavoidable
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inevitable
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able to move quickly and easily
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nimble
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the distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees
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latitude
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showing quickness of thinking;clever
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nimble
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something put away in this matter
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hoard
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watchful; ready for danger
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vigligant
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to continue in the same way or condition
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maintain
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struck with horror;shocked
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aghast
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a showy burst of music
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flourish
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to please or satisfy
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gratify
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living by killing and eating other animals
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predatory
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having many twists and turns
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devious
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not showing proper care;heedless
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blithe
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amazment or fearrhatmakes one feel confused
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consternation
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some thing that is made up in the mind but that has has no connection with reality
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figment
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sneaky; not frank
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devious
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a fancy line or curve added to something written
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flourish
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much more than enough
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lavish
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freedom from strict rules
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latitude
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A person who provides help especially by giving money
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benefactor
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showing no mercy;pitiless
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ruthless
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showing to much pride in oneslf and scorn and contempt for others
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haughty
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to keep in good condition
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maintain
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to think about in a quiet,careful way
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muse
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to wave in the air
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flourish
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a state of great joy,delight,or love
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rapture
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to forse outof property by taking legal action
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evict
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unwiling;reluctant
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loath
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a person killed or injured in a war or accident
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casualty
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to give freely or generously
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lavish
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the right to give orders,make decisions,or take action
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authority
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not on purpose;unintended
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unwitting
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a sweeping motion
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flourish
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a sudden wish to do something without a particular reason;a fanciful idea
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whim
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a long slow diffucult journey
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trek
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forceful anger;fury
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wrath
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strict;severe
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stringent
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to give in to what is wanted or requested
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gratify
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to travel slowly and with diffuculty
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trek
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to gain ownership of somethin;to get by one's own efforts or actions
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acquire
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to get in the way of;to interferewith the movement of
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impede
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exprressed honestly and without holding back
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candid
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to admit the exsistence of
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acknowledge
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an unpleasent cramped and dilapidated place to live
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hovel
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failing to take proper care of or to give proper attention to
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negligent
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of or relating to low level humble work
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menial
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unwilling;reluctant
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loath
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not concerned about;not caring
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indifferent
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to follow;to come as aresult of or at a time later
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ensue
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enough;sufficient
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adequate
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to declare something to be true
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maintain
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to give up to surrender
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capitulate
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to thrive or proper
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flourish
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a period of time devoted to a job or task
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stint
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to express recoginition or thanks for
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acknowledge
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freedom from being harmed or punished
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impunity
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a particular period in time
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era
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to break up the orderly course of;to interupt
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disrupt
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to save and put away
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hoard
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to increase;to strengthen or deepen
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intensify
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well behaved;easy to handle
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docile
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a first public appearence
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debut
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causing,or capable of causing,death
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lethal
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passable
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indifferent
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impossoible to defeat
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invincble
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to make nervous embarresed or confused
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fluster
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cheerful; carefree
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blithe
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very obvious in an offensive shamelss way
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blatant
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to stop from being angry;to calm
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placate
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a period of rest; a pause
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respite
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a limit
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stint
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