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24 Cards in this Set
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abet
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to help or incite someone, especially in wrong doing
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abyss
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a bottomless pit, profound depths, a gulf too deep to be measured
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adhere
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to stick fast, to cling
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aggregation
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an accumulation of things into a whole or mass
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amalgamate
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to mix, to unite, combine, consolidate
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apathetic
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unmoved, indifferent, showing no emotion
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bas-relief
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sculpture in which the figures project slightly from the background
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candor
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frankness, impartiality, being open-minded or fair
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coalesce
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to fuse, blend, grow together
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condign
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adequate, deserved, especially regarding punishment
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debilitate
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to enfeeble, to weaken
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disseminate
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to scatter seed, to sow, spread widely
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duress
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coercion, compulsion, imprisonment
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emissary
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an agent sent on a mission, especially a secret mission
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ephemeral
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short-lived, transitory
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esoteric
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understood by only a few, confidential, private
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exonerate
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to free of guilt, absolve
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extrovert
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one more interested in others or outside thingsthan in himself, an outgoing person
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feign
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to make believe, to invent or imagine something
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flamboyant
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ornate, showy
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fractious
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unruly, rebellious, irritable
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genre
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a type or kind, especially said of art and literature
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hackneyed
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stale, commonplace, trit
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hierarchy
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a system of grading priests in church government, any group of persons or things arranged in rank according to importance
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