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40 Cards in this Set
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Aesthetic
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artistic
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Usage
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treatment
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Castigate
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to scold or to punish
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Anguish
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agonizing pain
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Ardent
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very passionate
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Rearrange
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arrange again or put in a different oder
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Articulate
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pronounce clearly
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Augment
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to make bigger
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Baffle
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to frustrate or confuse
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Abate
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to lessen or reduce
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Unbiased
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not taking sides
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Bide
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to wait
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Bombard
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to attack with missiles or words
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Broach
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to open a subject
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Embroil
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bring into discord or conflict
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Debunk
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to disprove
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Cache
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a hiding place
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Incapacity
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lacking power
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Chastise
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to punish
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Caustic
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corrosive
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Discern
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To discriminate or differentiate
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Nonchalance
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not interested
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Chagrin
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humiliation
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Percipient
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someone or something that percieves
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Clandestine
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secret
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Incoercible
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unable to be forced
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Commodious
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roomy
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Comply
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to act or be in accordance with
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Conciliatory
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making peace
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Inconstant
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changing
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Contingent
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dependent
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Covert
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concealed
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Execration
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something cursed
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Hypocrisy
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extreme insincerity
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Encroach
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to invade
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Halcyon
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calm
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Decimate
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to kill a large number of people (for ex. 1/10th of a whole country)
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Pandemic
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a disease that affects a whole people
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Epidermis
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outer skin
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Dexterity
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Skillfulness in physical or mechanical work
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