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15 Cards in this Set
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alloy
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to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior; unalloyed means 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 arrested 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
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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
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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: "The newly born fawn essayed a few wobbly steps."
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exact
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to demand, call for, require, take
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