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34 Cards in this Set
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PERUSE
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to read through, examine in detail
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GIBBER
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to speak foolishly, chatter
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TRAVAIL
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painfully difficult, toil, labor
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IDOLATRY
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to idolize
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ALLITERATION
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group with the same letter
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DERELIC
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unhabited
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LUCID
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shining bright
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HEINOUS
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hateful, odious, abonminable
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JADED
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worn-out, satiated, dull
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FERAL
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wild, existing a natural state, ferocious
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INURE
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to toughen or harden by use, accustom (to)
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ENTREAT
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to ask earnestly, beseech, implore, solicit
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EGREGIOUS
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notorious
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INSOLENT
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rude, disrespectful, impertinent
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PERVADE
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spread, permeate
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ESCHEW
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avoid, abstain, from
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DISTEND
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enlarge, bloat, expand
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OBFUSCATE
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confuse, bewillder, muddle, perplex
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MINUSCULE
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very small
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FLAG
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to hang loosely, droop; to diminish in vigor
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NASCENT
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young, developing
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SPIKE
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to make ineffective
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OSSIFY
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harden like a bone
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PAROCHIAL
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local
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LACKADAISICAL
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listless, indolent
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ATONEMENT
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amends; reconciliation, agreement
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FASTIDIOUS
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hard to please
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OBDURATE
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obstinate, unbending
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TACTLESS
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blunt
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IMPASSIVE
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calm, serene
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SANGUINE
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confident
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COY
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shy, modest, demure, diffident, retiring
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SOPORIFIC
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sleepy, drowsy
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PITHY
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succint, concise, meaty
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