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23 Cards in this Set
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Bisaed
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(adj.) favoring one side unduly; prejudiced
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Hoodwink
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(v.) to mislead by a trick, decieve
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Exodus
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(n.) a large-scale departure or flight
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Reprimand
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(v.) to scold; find fault with;(n.) a rebuke
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Circumspect
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(adj.) careful, cautious
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Dissolute
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(adj.) loose in one's morals or behavior
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Morose
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(adj.) having a gloomy or sullen manner; not freindly or socialable
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Perilous
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(adj.) dangerous
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Terse
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(adj.) breif and to the point
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Abscond
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(v.) to run off and hide
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Tenacious
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(adj.) holding fast: holding together firmly; presistent
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Debris
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(n.) scattered fragments, wreckage
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Alien
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(n.) a citizen of anouther country; (adj.) foreign, strange
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illegible
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(adj.) difficult or impossible to read
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Asylum
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(n.) an institution for the care of children, elderly people etc.; a place of safety
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Immunity
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(n.) resistance to disease; freedom from some change or obligation
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Malign
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(v.) to speak evil of, slander;(adj.) evil
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Exorbinant
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(adj.) unreasonably high: excessive
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Relinquish
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(v.) to let go, give up
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Lucrative
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(adj.) bringing in money: profitable
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Fabricate
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(v.) to make, manufacture; to make up, invent
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Prim
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(adj.) overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish
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Superfluous
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(adj.) exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess
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