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20 Cards in this Set
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Abscond
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to run off and hide
bolt, make off, skip town |
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Access
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to approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; to get at, obtain
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Anarchy
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a lack of government and law; confusion
chaos, disorder, turmoil, pademonium |
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Arduous
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hard to do, requiring much effort
hard, difficult, laborious, fatigueing |
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Auspicious
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favorable, fortunate
promising, encouraging |
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Biased
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favoring one side unduly
unfair, partial |
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Daunt
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to overcome with fear, intimidate, to dishearten, discourage
dismay cow |
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Disentangle
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to free from tangles or complications
unravel, unwind, unsnarl |
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Fated
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determined in advance by destiny or fortune
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Hoodwink
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to mislead by a trick, deceive
dupe, put one over on |
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Inanimate
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not having life; without energy or spirit
lifeless, dead, inert |
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Incincerate
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to burn to ashes
burn up, cremate, reduce to ashes |
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Intrepid
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very brave, fearless, unshakable
courageous, daring |
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Larceny
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theft
steal, robbery, burglary |
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Pliant
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bending readily, easily influenced
supple, flexible, plastic,elastic |
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Pompous
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over self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious
bombastic |
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Precipice
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a very steep cliff; brink or edge of disaster
cliff, bluff |
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Rectify
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to make right, correct
remedy, set right |
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Reprieve
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temporary relief or delay; to grant a postponement'stay respite, postpone delay
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Revile
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to attack with words, call bad names
inveigh, aganist, malign, vilify, denounce |
