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53 Cards in this Set
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atrophy
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wasting away/ failure
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bastion
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fortified place/ stronghold
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concord
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state of agreement
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consummate
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complete in the highest degree
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disarray
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disorder
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exigency
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urgency
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flotsam
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floating debris/ homeless people
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frenetic
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highly agitated
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glean
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gather bit by bit
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grouse
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type of game bird/ to complain
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incarcerate
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imprison/confine
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incumbent
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obligatory/required
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jocular
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humorous/joking
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ludicrous
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ridiculous/ absurd
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mordant
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sharply or bitterly harsh
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nettle
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prickly or stinging plant/irritate severely
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pecuniary
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measuring in money
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pusillanimous
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cowardly or mean-spirited
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recumbent
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in a reclining position
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stratagem
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scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent
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acuity
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sharpness of mind
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delineate
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portray, or describe in accurate and vivid detail
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depraved
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marked by evil and corruption
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enervate
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to weaken or lessen
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esoteric
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understood by only a select few
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fecund
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fruitful in offspring or vegetation
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fiat
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command or act of will or consciousness
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figment
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fabrication of the mind
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garner
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gather and store away for future use
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hallow
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set apart as holy or sacred
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idiosyncrasy
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peculiarity that serves to identify
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ignominy
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shame and disgrace
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mundane
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earthly, wordly, concerned with what is ordinary
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abject
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degraded/ horrific (poverty)
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agnostic
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doesnt believe in God
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complicity
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involvement in wrongdoing
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derelict
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someone or something that is abandoned or neglected
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diatribe
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bitter and prolonged verbal attack
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effigy
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crude image of despised person
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equity
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state or quality of being fair
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inane
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silly/ empty of meaning or value
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indictment
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act of accusing
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indubitable
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certain/ not to be doubted
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intermittent
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stopping and beginning again
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moot
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open to discussion and debate
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motif
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principal idea, feature, theme or element
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neophyte
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rookie
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perspicacity
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keenness in observing and understanding
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plenary
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everything is there/ complete
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surveillance
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watch kept over a person
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sylvan
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woody area/forest
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testy
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easily irritated
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travesty
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grossly inferior imitation/ disguise
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