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42 Cards in this Set
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alloy
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to commingle
to debase by mixing with something inferior |
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appropriate
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to take for one's own sake
confiscate |
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arrest
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to suspend
to engage |
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august
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majestic
venerable |
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bent
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leaning, inclination
proclivity tendency |
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broach
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bring up
announce begin to talk about |
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brook
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to tolerate
endure countenance |
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cardinal
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major
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color
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to change as if dying
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die
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a tool used for shaping
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essay
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to test or try
experiment attempt |
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exact
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to demand
call for require |
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fell
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where trees are cut to extract lumber
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flag
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to sag or droop
to become spiritless to decline |
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flip
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sarcastic
impertinent |
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ford
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to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream
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grouse
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to complain or grumble
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guy
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a rope or something attached as a brace or guide
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intimate
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to imply, suggest or insinuate
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list
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to tilt or lean to one side
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lumber
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to move heavily and clumsily
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milk
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to exploit
to squeeze eveery last ounce out of |
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mince
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pronounce or speak affectedly
euphemize speak too carefully |
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nice
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exacting
fastidious excessively precise |
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obtain
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to be established, accepted o customary
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occult
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hidde, concealed, beyond comprehension
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pedestrian
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commonlace
trite unremarkable quotidian |
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pied
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multi-colored
usually in blotches |
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plastic
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moldable
pliable not rigid |
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pluck
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courage
spunk fortitude |
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prize
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to pry
to press or force with a lever |
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rail
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to complain about bitterly
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rent
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torn
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quail
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to lose courage
turn frightened |
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qualify
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to limit
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sap
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to enervate or weaken the vitality of
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scurvy
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contemptible
despicable |
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singular
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exceptional
unusual odd |
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steep
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to saturate or completely soak
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strut
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the supporting structural cross-part of a wing
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tender
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to proffer or offer
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wag
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wit'
joker |