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16 Cards in this Set
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garner
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to gather or collect; accumulate; earn
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mar
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to spoil or damage; to injure or blemish
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immutable
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changeless and unchanging; unalterable, eternal
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mutation
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significant genetic change; the one changed
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mitigate
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to ease, making less severe; to alleviate or relieve
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heed
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to listen to, pay attention to, consider; to mind
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meander
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to wander casually with no set plan; to ramble
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nullify
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to render unimportant or without worth; to negate or invalidate; to annul legally
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obliterate
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to erase completely, wiping out all traces
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obscure
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to make dim or unclear; to conceal, hide
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posit
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to support, propose, suggest; to assume or affirm
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proponent
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one who talks in favor of something, an advocate
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peruse
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to study or examine carefully
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raze
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to tear down completely, to demolish
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placate
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to calm, soothe, or appease, especially by offering to "be nice" or to do someone a favor
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rebuff
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to criticize harshly or to reject someone, often by snubbing them (ignoring them)
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