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52 Cards in this Set
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alloy
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to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior (unalloyed = pure)
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appropriate
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to take for one's own use, confiscate
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arrest, arresting
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to suspend; to engage; holding one's attention: as in arresting adolescence, an arresting portrait
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august
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majestic, venerable
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bent
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leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency: He had a naturally artistic bent.
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broach
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bring up, announce, begin to talk about
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brook
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to tolerate, endure, countenance
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cardinal
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major, as in cardinal sin
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chauvinist
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a blindly devoted patriot
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color
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to change as if by dyeing, i.e., to distort, gloss or affect (usually the first)
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consequential
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pompous, self-important (primary definitions are: logically following; important)
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damp
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to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound
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die
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a tool used for shaping, as in a tool-and-die shop
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essay
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to test or try; attempt, experiment
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exact
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to demand, call for, require, take
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fell
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to cause to fall by striking
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fell
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inhumanly cruel
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flag
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to sag or droop, to become spiritless, to decline
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flip
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sarcastic, impertinent, as in flippant
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ford
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to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream
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grouse
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to complain or grumble
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guy
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a rope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace or guide; to steady or reinforce using a guy: Think guide.
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intimate
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to imply, suggest, or insinuate
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list
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to tilt or lean to one side
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lumber
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to move heavily and clumsily
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meet
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fitting, proper
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milk
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to exploit, to squeeze every last ounce of
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mince
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pronounce or speak affectedly, euphemize, speak too carefully; to take tiny steps, tiptoe
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nice
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exacting, fastidious, extremely precise
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obtain
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to be established, accepted, or customary
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occult
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hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension
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pedestrian
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commonplace, trite, unremarkable, quotidian
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pied
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multicolored, usually in blotches
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pine
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to lose vigor (as through grief); to yearn
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plastic
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mold-able, pliable, not rigid
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pluck
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courage, spunk, fortitude
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prize
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to pry, to press or force with a lever; something taken by force, spoils
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rail
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to complain about bitterly
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rent
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torn, past of rend; an opening or tear caused by such
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quail
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to lose courage, turn frightened
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qualify
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to limit
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sap
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to enervate or weaken the vitality of
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sap
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a fool or nitwit
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scurvy
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contemptible, despicable
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singular
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exceptional, unusual, odd
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stand
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a group of trees
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steep
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to saturate or completely soak, as in to let a tea bag steep
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strut
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the supporting structural cross-part of a wing
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table
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to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration
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tender
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to proffer or offer
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waffle
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to equivocate; to change one's position
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wag
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wit, joker
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