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22 Cards in this Set
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compensation, reimbursement, redress; restoration
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restitution
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sturdy, stout; intrepid, valiant; a mainstay
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stalwart
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formidable, fearsome, awesome; august
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redoubtable
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to chatter, prattle, blab, babbie, palaver
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prate
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precise, scrupulous, exacting; fussy, finicky
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punctilious
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defenseless, exposed, unguarded
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vulnerable
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to ravage, sack, loot; booty
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pillage
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to cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate
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debase
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trivial, negligible, petty, trifling
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inconsequential
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to upset, rattle, ruffle, faze, perturb
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disconcert
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to lessen, relieve, alleviate, diminish
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mitigate
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to create, fashion, fabricate; to rustle up
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concoct
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corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly
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cadaverous
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to chide, chastise, upbraid, reproach
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reprove
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forbidding, rigorous; puritanical, ascetic; unadorned, subdued
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austere
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a salary, wage, allowance, emolument
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stipend
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humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable
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beneficent
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majestic; bombastic, highfalutin
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grandiose
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to profane, defile, violate
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desecrate
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crude, vulgar, tasteless, oafish; obtuse
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crass
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a violation, transgression, breach, offense
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infraction
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to stop, discontinue, refrain, suspend
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desist
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