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45 Cards in this Set
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thwarted
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get in the way of someone's plans
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inauspicious
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not confident, low, dishearten
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engrossed
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to occupy completely
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peruse
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to analyze
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treachery
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betrayal of trust
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intercede
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plead on someone
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penury
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have little or no food
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cordially
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kind, friendly
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verbatim
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to repeat something
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duplicitous
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two-faces
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sovereign
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someone with supreme power
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extant
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still existing
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repartee
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a quick witty eply
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cajole
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to persuade by flattering
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choleric
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easily angered
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encumbered
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fill with uselss info
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feckless
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having no reasonability
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impasse
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a situation where witch there is no escape
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indolent
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slowgrowing, lazy
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ribald
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coarsely mocking
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adulation
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to worship someone
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censure
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a strong disapproval
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enamored
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to fill with love
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surfeit
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overkill
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ignominious
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humiliating
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mitigate
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to make less of it
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acquiesce
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accept
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trepidation
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at alarm
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aplomb
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ans assurance
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cognizant
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familiar with
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arduous
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to use much effort
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gestalt
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a pattern
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efficacy
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the will to work
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moribund
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in a dying state
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vacillate
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to waver in mid
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accoutrements
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personal clothing
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deportment
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the behavior
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exposition
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the display
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impung
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to challenge as false
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brevity
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a shortness of time
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irksome
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vexing
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sundry
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varied
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resplendent
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dazzling
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extol
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to praise highly
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exposition
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the display
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