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20 Cards in this Set
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dubious
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doubtful
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beseeching
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to implore urgently
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extenuated
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to lessen the seriousness of something esp. by making excuses
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tremulous
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trembling, nervous, weak
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commiserate
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to empathize with, to pity
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superannuated
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to allow to retire
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blighted
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to cause to undergo blight, to ruin
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presentiment
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a feeling that something evil is about to happen
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truculent
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fierce, cruel, brutal
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absolve
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free from guilt
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vestige
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a trace of something that is no longer in existence
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entreat
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to ask earnestly, beg
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obdurate
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unmoved by persuasion
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gainsay
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to deny, dispute or contradict
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adjure
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to charge or command solemnly
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querulous
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complaining
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malefactors
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criminals
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portentous
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momentous
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scourge
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a whip in punishment
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reconnoitre
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to explore with the goal of finding something
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