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20 Cards in this Set
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allot
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to assign or distribute in shares or portions
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amass
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to bring together, collect, gather especially for oneself, to come together, assemble
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audacious
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bold, adventurous, recklessly daring
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comply
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to yield to a request or command
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devoid
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not having or using, lacking
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elite
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the choice part of a group of people or things; adj. superior
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grapple
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an iron hook used to grab and hold, verb: to come to grips with, wrestle or fight with
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incapacitate
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to deprive of strength or ability, to make legally ineligible
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instigate
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to urge on; to stirr up, provoke, start, incite.
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longevity
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long life, long duration, length of life
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myriad
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adj: in very great numbers
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perspective
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a point of view or general standpoint from which different things are viewed, physically, mentally
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perturb
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verb: to trouble, make uneasy, to disturb greatly, to throw into confusion
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prodigious
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adj: immense, extraordinary in bulk size or degree
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relevant
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adj: connected with or related to the matter at hand
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skittish
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adj: extremely nervous and easily frightened, shy or timid, extremely cautious; unstable, undependable
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tether
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n or v: a rope or chain used to fasten something to a fixed opject, the outter limit of strength or resource
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unison
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n:a sounding together, agreement or accord
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vie
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v. to compete; to strive for victory or superiority
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willful
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adj: stubbornly self-willed; done on purpose, deliberate
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