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30 Cards in this Set
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Adulterate
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to make impure or inferior by adding something unnecessary or wrong
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Alleviate
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to make more bearable; to lighten; to lessen
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Allocate
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to assign; to allot
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Allude
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to refer to something indirectly
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Ardent
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characterized by warmth of passion; desire, or strong enthusiasm
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Augment
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to make larger or greater
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Bellicose
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warlike
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Belligerent
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aggressively hostile
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Benevolent
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acting with charity and good nature
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Blithe
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cheerful, carefree
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Brandish
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to wave menacingly; to display
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Buffet
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to hit repeatedly
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Capricious
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fickle; based on whims; can't make up mind
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Chagrin
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embarrassment or humiliation
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Commodious
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spacious, roomy, large
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Compatible
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capable of working or dealing well with others
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Compunction
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uneasiness caused by guilt or remorse
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Conflagration
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a large disastrous fire
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Contentious
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controversial
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Copious
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abundant, ample, lots of something
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Craven
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cowardly
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Dearth
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scarcity, famine
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Decrepit
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weakened by age or illness; broken down
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Demise
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death
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Deride
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ridicule; to laugh at
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Deviate
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to move away from an accepted course or standard
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Diffident
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timid; lacking self-confidence; shy
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Discern
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to percieve, detect, to figure out
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Duress
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compelled by threat; coercion
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Endemic
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prevalent in or peculiar to a particular locality or people
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