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23 Cards in this Set
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v., to release from an entanglement or a difficulty; to set free
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Extricate
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adj., of or suited to a servant
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Menial
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n., a domestic servant
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Menial
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adj., growing without check or restraint; flourishing; widespread
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Rampant
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v., to persuade by pleasant words; to coax with flattery and insincere talk; to wheedle
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Cajoled
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n., a contagious and often fatal disease that spreads rapidly; an illness of epidemic proportions; a destructive or evil influence or factor
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Pestilence
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n., the absence of government or law; political disorder
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Anarchy
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n., the point in the celestial sphere directly below the observer and opposite the zenith; the lowest possible point
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Nadir
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n., the branch of anthropology that deals with various races of people, their origins, distribution, characteristics, and cultures
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Ethnology
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v., to make worse; to damage or weaken
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Impair
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adj., roomy; spacious
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Commodious
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adj., remaining
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Residual
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n., a remainder left over after the completion of a process
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Residual
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adj., very poisonous or harmful; deadly; intensely bitter or spiteful
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Virulent
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adj., having or making a harsh sound; shrill
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Strident
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v., to deliver; to deliver as goods to be sold; to send; to hang over; to assign to an undesirable position or place
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Consigning
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n., the art of public speaking; a style or manner of public speaking or reading
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Elocution
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n., the overthrowing or undermining of something established, such as a government
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Subversion
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adj., corpselike; pale and ghostly; thin and gaunt
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Cadaverous
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n., a person who will not be reformed
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Incorrigible
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adj., incapable of being corrected or reformed; persistently bad
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Incorrigible
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n., the return of what has been lost or taken away; compensation for any loss or damage
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Restitution
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v., to wound or injure seriously; to disable in some way; to mutilate; to cripple
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Maimed
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