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20 Cards in this Set
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Ameliorate
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to improve or make more bearable
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canape
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an appetizer or toast topped w/ caviar or cheese
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chastise
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to criticize severely
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conflagration
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large destructive fire
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construe
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to give the meaning or explain
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dapple
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a spot or marking
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eclectic
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varied or selective
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execrably
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very badly or wretchedly
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facade
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the decorative front of a building
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fastidious
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fussy or finicky or hard to please
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fustian
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overblown or arrogant
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incessant
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w/out interruption or ceaselessly
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negligible
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small, trivial, unimportant
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peal
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a loud, prolonged ringing of bells
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quotidian
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ordinary or everyday
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rectitude
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rightness of principle or conduct
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tacit
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understood w/o being told, implied
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tether
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a rope or chain, extent of action
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sagacity
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shrewdness or keen perception
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sequester
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to isolate or shut away
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