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79 Cards in this Set
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ameliorate
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become better; make better; improve; enhance
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conserve
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keep from waste, loss, decay; save
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detriment
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injury, damage, or something that causes it; disadvantage
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exotic
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introduced from another country; foreign
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folly
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lack of good sense; foolish action or undertaking
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formerly
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in an earlier period; previously
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harmony
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peacable or friendly relations; accord; agreement; tranquillity
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ignore
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refuse to take notice of
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impediment
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something that hinders or obstructs; obstacle
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indolence
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disposed to avoid exertion; lazy; idle; lethargic
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intact
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untouched by anything that damages or diminishes; left complete or entire; uninjured
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invalid
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not binding in law; having no force or effect; void; nugatory
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noncarcinogenic
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not producing or tending to produce cancer
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parsimonious
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unduly sparing in the spending of money; stingy; miserly; tightfisted
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raze
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destroy utterly by tearing down; demolish; level
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reticent
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inclined to be silent or secretive; uncommunicative; reserved
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retire
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withdraw from active duty or business
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retort
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answer; reply sharply or angrily
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subvert
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overturn or overthrwo from teh foundation
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tractable
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easily led, taught, or controlled; yielding; doctile; amenable
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baffle
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bewilder; perplex; fill with confusion
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cinema
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movies; motion picture industry
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despise
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look down on with contempt or disgust; loathe; regard as inferior
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ebullient
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overflowing with enthusiasm; exuberant; effervescent; high spirited
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exaggerate
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overstate; go beyond the limits of the actual truth
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exhort
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arouse by words; strongly advise
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expertise
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specialized skill or technical knowledge; know-how
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finicky
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excessively concerned with trifles or details; hard to please; fussy
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gall
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make sore, irritate mentally; annoy, vex
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indemnify
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compensate for loss, damage, or injury
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Occident
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west; countries of America and Europe
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peruse
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read; look at fairly attentively; study
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scuffle
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struggle at close quarters in a rough and confused manner; wrestle; grapple
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spurn
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thrust aside with disdain or contempt; reject
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stipend
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fixed pay for services; salary
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surveillance
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close watch over a person, group, or area; supervision
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tepid
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moderately warm; lukewarm
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wager
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risk on the outcome of a contest or uncertain event
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wane
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decrease in power or size; dwindle decline sink
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abhorrent
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in conflict; utterly opposed; loathsome
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admonish
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reprove gently but seriously
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ambrosial
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extremely pleasing to the taste or smell; delicious
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confine
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shut up; imprison, keep in narrow; cramped quarters
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decade
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period of ten years
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denotate
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explode with suddenness and violence
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ephemeral
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lasting one day only; fleeting transitory; short-lived
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gullible
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easily deceived or cheated
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haggle
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dispute or argue; bargain
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immerse
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pluge or place into liquid
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insomnia
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inability to sleep
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lapse
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slip; error; accidental mistake
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probe
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critical inquirey into suspected illegal activity
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render
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hand down officially; deliver
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repast
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food for one occasion of eating
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replenish
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bring back to condition of being full
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score
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group or set of twenty
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snub
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act or instance of snubbing
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suture
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strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body; stitch with such material
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unwittingly
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unintentional; by accident
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acquit
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relieve from accusation
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complex
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having varied interrelated parts; hard to understand
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consign
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give, transfer, or deliver
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effrontery
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shameless boldness; insolence; gall
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excruciating
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causing great pain or anguish; agonizing
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forebearance
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act of forbeearing
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hamper
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interfere with; hinder; impede
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nettlesome
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irritating; causing annoyance or vexation
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oblivious
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unmindful of
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prodigious
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extraordinary in amount or size; enormous; gigantic
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rejuvenate
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make young or youthful again
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residue
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whatever is left after a part is taken
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salutary
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favorable to health; beneficial
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scrutinize
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examine very closely
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supersede
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force out of use; displace
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sweltering
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oppresively hot
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unruffled
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not upset or agitated; calm; cool; unflustered
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unwieldy
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hard to handle because of weight
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withdraw
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take back
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zany
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having the characteristics of a clown; mildly insane
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