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50 Cards in this Set
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Vestige |
Trace of something |
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Pseudonym |
Fictitious name |
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Itinerary |
Route |
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Veritable |
Truly named |
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Inconsequential |
Unimportant |
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Relic |
Surviving trace |
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Litigant |
One engaged in lawsuit |
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Bemuse |
To confuse |
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Scaffold |
Temporary platform |
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Mitigate |
To improve by lessening |
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Stringent |
Strict standard |
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Reprieve |
To postpone |
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Pore |
To read |
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Assiduous |
Diligent |
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Acquit |
To declare free |
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Tightfisted |
Stingy |
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Woe |
Deep distress |
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Quiescent |
Inactive |
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Cohesion |
State of uniting |
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Utilitarian |
Practical use |
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Bandy |
To pass |
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Definite |
Complete |
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Fracas |
Noisy fight |
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Taciturn |
Almost always |
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Dilemma |
Situation one must choose between two bad alternatives |
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Laudable |
Worthy of praise |
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Pertinent |
Relevant |
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Ramshackle |
About to fall apart |
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Temper |
Bring down in tone |
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Beset |
Attack from all sides |
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Excavate |
To expose |
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Tenable |
Able to be maintained in argument |
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Profligate |
Immorally wasteful |
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Tact |
Skill |
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Acute |
Sharpe |
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Tabulate |
To count |
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Travail |
Painfully difficult |
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Abhor |
To detest |
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Propitiate |
To appease |
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Upbraid |
Critisize sharply |
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Quarantine |
Enforced isolation |
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Ricochet |
To rebound |
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Salubrious |
Favorable to good health |
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Anodyne |
Painkiller |
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Uncouth |
Uncultured |
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Torpid |
Inactive, sluggish |
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Epidemiology |
The branch of medicine |
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Despondent |
So sad as to lack of hope |
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Decimate |
To destroy |
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Aggrandize |
To enlarge |