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20 Cards in this Set
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(v) to go ashore; to leave a vehicle
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disembark
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(v) to decrease gradually in size or intensity
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wane
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(n) a sense of impending evil or misfortune
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foreboding
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(adj) having an abnormally pale complextion
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pallid
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(adv) seemingly uninterrupted
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perpetually
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(adj) standing above others in character or reputation
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eminent
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(adj) unsettling; eerie
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uncanny
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(adj) attacked in ambush
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waylaid
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(adj) doubtful
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dubious
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(v)to resist doing something
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forbear
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ACQUIESCE
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(VERB) TO GIVE IN
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BRUSQUELY
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(ADVERB) RUDE, ROUGH, ABRUPT
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CAUSTIC
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(ADJECTIVE)SHARP, SARCASTIC, CRITICAL
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CONSPIRE
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(VERB) TO PLOT
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EXONERATE
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(VERB)TO RELEASE FROM BLAME
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LACONIC
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(ADJECTIVE) USING FEW WORDS; EXPRESSING MUCH IN A FEW WORDS
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OVERT
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(ADJECTIVE)OPEN; NOT HIDDEN; OBVIOUS
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PALPABLE
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(ADJECTIVE) EASILY PERCEIVED, INTENSLEY FELT
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SAGACITY
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(NOUN) WISDOM
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CONDONE
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(VERB) TO FORGIVE, OVERLOOK, SUPPORT
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