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45 Cards in this Set
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A person to whom money is owed
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creditor
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to give bodily form to
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embody
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to become weak or feeble
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languish
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unfeeling, insensitive
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callous
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a bequest
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legacy
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to ponder; meditate
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muse
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a turning or twisting
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torque
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agreeable, pleasant
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amenable
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change in direction
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veer
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conventional; sticking to established principles
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orthodox
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take away a good name
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defame
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ancient; outdated
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archaic
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unreal reflection
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mirage
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to decrease gradually
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wane
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calm and carefree; lighthearted
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insouciant
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to form a general conclusion
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generalize
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immature and inexperienced
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callous
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laziness; tiredness
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lethargy
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to eject; force out
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oust
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a basis for judgment
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criterion
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the breaking up into parts
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dissolution
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choices between two possibilities
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alternative
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love of mankind
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philanthropy
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scarcity; lack
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dearth
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to hate very much
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abhor
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to condemn; to expose critically
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denounce
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to shorten by cutting off
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truncate
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obedient; easy to handle
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docile
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an oil or ointment
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balm
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one who is defeated in an election
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alsoran
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differences of opinions, interests,loyalties
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chasm
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a rope that allows limited movement
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tether
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irritation, to arouse curiosity
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pique
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spacious, roomy, capacious
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commodious
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to abandon, to give up
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forsake
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a building
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edifice
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clever keen
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astute
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the quality of being everywhere
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ubiquitous
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stockpile
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hoard
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to exaggerate
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aggrandize
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wound, injury
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leison
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a development growing out of a problem or pain
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ramification
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curved lines
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curvilinear
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a rise after defeat
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resurgent
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an object of unreasonable obsessive attention
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fetish
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