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20 Cards in this Set
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Adversary
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an enemy; opponent
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Alienate
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to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convery
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Artifice
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a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill;trickery
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Coerce
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To compel; force
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Craven
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Cowardly; a coward
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Culinary
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of or relating to cooking in the kitchen
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Delete
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to erase, wipe out, cut out
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Demise
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A death, especially of a person in a lofty position
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Exhilarate
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to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness
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Fallow
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Plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow; land left unseeded; to plow but not seed
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Harass
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To disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks
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Inclement
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Stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action
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Muse
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To think about in a dreamy way, ponder
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Negligible
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so unimportant that it can be disregarded
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Perpetuate
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to make permanent or long lasting
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Precedent
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An example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
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Punitive
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Inflicting or aiming at punishment
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Redress
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To set right, remedy; relief from wrong or injury
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Sojourn
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a temporary stay; to stay for a long time
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Urbane
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Suave; refined in manner or style
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