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100 Cards in this Set
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precarious
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unsafe
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devastation
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destruction
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vulnerable
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easily injured
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besieged
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to overwhelm, to crowd around
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wreaking
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to inflict as vengeance or punishment
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perseverance
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persistance
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autonomy
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independence
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wane
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to decrease gradually
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inclement
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without mercy
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latitude
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freedom
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balmy
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soothing
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facsimile
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a copy
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vigilant
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alert
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commenced
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to begin
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archaic
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no longer in general use
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invincible
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unconquerable
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beguilded
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to cheat or deceive
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appease
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to soothe or pacify
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pretext
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an excuse
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espionage
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spying
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junctures
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a piont where things are joined
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tawny
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browinsh-yellow
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hieroglyphics
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a picture or symbol representing a word
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subsidized
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to aid or assist
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inaccessible
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not easily reached: out of the way
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coffers
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a box or chest
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rivulet
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a brook
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edifices
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building or structure
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retainers
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a fee paid in advance
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innoration
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a new way of doing something
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canine
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haveing to do w/ dogs
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ossified
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to cange into bone
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meager
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lean, thin, inadequate
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ravages
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to ruin violently
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apex
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the climax
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defunct
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no longer functioning; dead
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perceive
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to detect
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bourgeois
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of or like the middle class
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influx
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a flowing in
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obliterated
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to blot or wipe out completely
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ensue
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to come next
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succulent
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juicy, not dry or dull
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fasilitate
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to make easier
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steepes
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a vast, almost treeless plain in Africa
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hours d'oeuvre
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a food servered either b4 a meal or w/ drinks
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expedient
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suitable
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palatable
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fit to be eatin
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buffet
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a meal set out to be self-served
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lapse
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to fall from a higher level
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delectable
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very pleasing
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quantitative
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capable of being measured or expressed as an amount
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zenith
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the highest point
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astute
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crafty
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recur
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to occur at intervals
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conducive
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helpful
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erratic
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irregular
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mosque
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musslim temple
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pastoral
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realating to a simple country way of life
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resquisite
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a necessity
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aptitude
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a natural ability
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insolance
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impudence
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prone
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inclined
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diversion
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a turning aside
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annihilated
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to destroy completely
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purge
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to remoce undeirable elements from
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moderation
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state of being restrained
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concession
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an act of granting or yielding
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flagrant
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obviously bad
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decimate
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destroy or kill
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evaded
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to escape something
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protocol
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the code prescribing formal etiquette
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dissent
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to object or oppose
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pacifist
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a person opposed to force as a way or sellting desputes
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ultimatums
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a final demand or proposition
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clemency
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a lenient or merciful act
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mannerism
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a distinctive personal trait
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inhibition
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the act of holding back
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meticulous
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extremely careful
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submission
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obedience
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mandatory
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required
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censure
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to blame
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abound
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to teem
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amnesty
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a general pardon
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rift
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to break open or apart
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admirably
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in a worthy manner
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inalienable
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not capable of being given or withdrawn
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bias
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a line slanting diagonally across the weave of a fabric; prejudice
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timorous
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timid
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affidavit
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a written statement made under oath
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dimintive
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refurring to suffixes or altered word formes that designate smallness
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ornate
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elaborate
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constituents
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a necessary part or element
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destitute
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poverty-striken
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prelude
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anything serving as an intro
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colloquial
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informal in language
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exultant
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rejoicing greatly
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bedlam
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a place or condition of chaos
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cutailed
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to shorten
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consolidate
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to unite, strengthen
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emancipate
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to set free
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