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45 Cards in this Set
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Assent
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accept. agree
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Aver
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state confidently
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Apprise
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to refer
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badinage
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teasing conversation
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balk
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stop short as if faced with an obstacle,
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barter
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jokingly talk
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beholden
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obligated, indebted to
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Beset
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harrass, trouble from all sides
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betray
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reveal
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bilious
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easily annoyed/irritated
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bilk
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swindle cheat
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brunt
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main source of impact or shock
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brusque
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blunt, brief, no time to be nice
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bullion
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gold & silver in form of bars
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botch
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mismanage, blow, screw up
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burnish
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polish
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cadence
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rhythmic, to the beat
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callow
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inexperienced, immature, youth
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calumny
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slander, making false statements to ruin someone's reputation
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canard
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unfounded false rumor, exaggerated false report
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candor
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blunt, candid, openly honest
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cant
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insincere speech, jargon of thieves, or jargon of particular group of people.
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cantata
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story set to music to be sung by a chorus
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canto
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diversion of a long poem
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canvass
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to seek opinions, votes, support…surveying
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capacious
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spacious
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capacity
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role, duty, position
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capillary
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resembling a hair, fine, slender
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capitulate
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surrender
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caprice
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sudden change of mind with no particular reasoning
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capricious
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whimsical, unpredictable
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captious
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fault-finding, too critical
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carafe
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glass water bottle
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carapace
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outer shell, ( like on a turtle)
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cardinal
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chief, most important.
cardinal number - in order of quantity rather than order |
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careen
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sway side by side, move in irregular motion side by side, stagger
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career
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rush wildly, go at full speed
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carrilon
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set of bells to be played (like in a tower)
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carnage
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destruction of life
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carousal
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period of excessive drinking
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carping
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petty criticism, fault finding, complaining
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carrion
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vulture, rotting of dead body
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cartographer
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map maker
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castigation
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punishment, severe criticism / disappointment
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cataclysm
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deluge, upheaval, earthquake, violent and sudden event or change
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