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55 Cards in this Set
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competitive
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adjective: characterized by rivalry.
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wantonness
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noun: Recklessness.
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galvanic
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adjective: Pertaining or relating to electricity produced by chemical action.
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effeminacy
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noun: Womanishness.
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avidity
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noun: Greediness.
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Magnet
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noun: A body possessing that peculiar form of polarity found in nature in the lodestone.
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compulsion
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noun: Coercion.
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irksome
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adjective: Wearisome.
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merciful
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adjective: Disposed to pity and forgive.
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admonition
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noun: Gentle reproof.
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contravene
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verb: To prevent or obstruct the operation of.
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destitute
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adjective: Poverty-stricken.
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absolve
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verb: To free from sin or its penalties.
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aggrieve
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verb: To give grief or sorrow to.
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Suasion
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noun: The act of persuading.
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Retouch
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verb: To modify the details of.
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occlude
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verb: To absorb, as a gas by a metal.
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mendacious
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adjective: Untrue.
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inert
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adjective: Inanimate.
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personal
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adjective: Not general or public.
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submerge
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verb: To place or plunge under water.
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sextet
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noun: A band of six singers or players.
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preexistence
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noun: Existence antecedent to something.
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extant
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adjective: Still existing and known.
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panegyric
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noun: A formal and elaborate eulogy, written or spoken, of a person or of an act.
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violation
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noun: Infringement.
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deciduous
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adjective: Falling off at maturity as petals after flowering, fruit when ripe, etc.
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competitive
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adjective: characterized by rivalry.
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wantonness
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noun: Recklessness.
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galvanic
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adjective: Pertaining or relating to electricity produced by chemical action.
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effeminacy
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noun: Womanishness.
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avidity
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noun: Greediness.
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Magnet
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noun: A body possessing that peculiar form of polarity found in nature in the lodestone.
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compulsion
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noun: Coercion.
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irksome
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adjective: Wearisome.
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merciful
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adjective: Disposed to pity and forgive.
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admonition
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noun: Gentle reproof.
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contravene
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verb: To prevent or obstruct the operation of.
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destitute
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adjective: Poverty-stricken.
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absolve
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verb: To free from sin or its penalties.
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aggrieve
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verb: To give grief or sorrow to.
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Suasion
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noun: The act of persuading.
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Retouch
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verb: To modify the details of.
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occlude
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verb: To absorb, as a gas by a metal.
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mendacious
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adjective: Untrue.
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inert
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adjective: Inanimate.
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personal
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adjective: Not general or public.
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submerge
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verb: To place or plunge under water.
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sextet
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noun: A band of six singers or players.
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preexistence
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noun: Existence antecedent to something.
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extant
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adjective: Still existing and known.
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panegyric
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noun: A formal and elaborate eulogy, written or spoken, of a person or of an act.
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violation
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noun: Infringement.
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deciduous
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adjective: Falling off at maturity as petals after flowering, fruit when ripe, etc.
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bier
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noun: A horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
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