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29 Cards in this Set
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(v.) to manage cleverly.
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contrive
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(n.) an ingenious or artful trick.
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artifice
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(n.) a person's descendants.
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posterity
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(v.) to degrade.
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demean
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(v.) to make easier.
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facilitate
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(n.) happiness.
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felicity
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(n.) a contract in which one person is bound to work for another for a specified period of time.
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indenture
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(v.) to reduce in amount or degree.
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abate
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(n.) wealth.
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affluence
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(adj.) difficult; strenuous.
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arduous
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(v.) to uproot; remove completely.
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eradicate
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(adj.) based on guesswork.
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speculative
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(n.) desire for wealth; greed.
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avarice
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(adj.) incapable of reform.
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incorrigible
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(adj.) exisitng as a characteristic quality; inborn.
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inherent
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(v.) to erase.
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expunge
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(v.) to refuse to support.
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disavow
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(adj.) impermanent; temporary.
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transient
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(v.) to give up officially.
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abdicate
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(v.) to comply without protest.
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acquiesce
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(n.) the act of taking possesion by force.
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unsurpation
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(n.) treachery.
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perfidy
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(adj.) unable to be removed or transferred.
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inalienable
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(v.) to demonstrate plainly.
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evince
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(v.) to tempt.
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allure
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(n.) tyranny.
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despotism
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(n.) an unjustifiabe claim.
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pretension
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(v.) to compel or force.
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constrain
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(n.) nobility of spirit.
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magnanimity
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