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50 Cards in this Set
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alleviate
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to reduce pain, esp. temporarily or without removing its cause
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telltale
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indicating or revealing information
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malignant
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very harmful; threatening death; cancerous(of a tumor)
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astute
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showing clever awareness, esp. with respect to one's own concerns
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stricture
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a restraint or limit
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desist
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to cease; stop
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guile
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slyness in dealing with others
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misapprehension
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a misunderstanding
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corpulent
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very fat; obese
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oasis
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a fertile place in a desert due to the presence of water; any place or thing offering relief from difficulty or dullness
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sordid
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extremely dirty; morally corrupt
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morbid
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gruesome; awful
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turbid
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cloudy; muddy; in a state of turmoil
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demur
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to object; to disagree with something
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extant
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currently or actually existing
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offset
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to balance or counteract
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adverse
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opposed, difficult
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recondite
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not easily understood
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rejoinder
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an answer, esp. to another answer
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specious
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seeming to be truthful on the surface, but actually false
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resolve
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to decide; to bring into focus
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ossified
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changed to bone hardened, oft. figurative
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ebullient
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in high spirits; boiling or seeming to boil
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tamper
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to interfere, esp. in order to damage or weaken
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steadfast
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loyal; faithfulpurse to contract into wrinkles or folds; to pucker
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purse
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to contract into wrinkles or folds; to pucker
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accomplice
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accessory; one who assists in a crime
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tribulation
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great misery or distress
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benign
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kindly; creating a favorable influence; (in medicine) not dangerous to one's health
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vogue
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prevailing fashion
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undermine
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to weaken
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charlatan
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a fake; one who pretends to ahve expert knowledge
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preclude
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to make impossible; to prevent to occurrence of
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convene
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to bring together
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evacuate
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remove the contents of; to discharge; to withdraw
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sabotage
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to deliberately obstruct
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seclude
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hidden; removed; sheltered
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venturesome
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adventurous, risky, daring
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embrace
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to hold or enlose, as with ones arms; to include as part of something larger
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venue
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the location where somehing takes place, esp. a trial
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capricious
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erratic; tending to change abruptly
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provisional
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provided for the time being; temporary
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turgid
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swollen, as from fluid; excessively ornate or complex in style
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feasible
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capable of being done
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induce
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to influence, esp. by persuasion; to bring about; to infer by inductive reasoning
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limpid
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perfectly clear; transparent
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conjugal
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pertaining to marriage reelationships
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comprehensive
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complete; covering broadly and all-inclusively
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retire
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to retreat; as from battle
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filial
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like or relating to a daughter or son
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