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60 Cards in this Set
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(n) mutual understanding
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accord
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(v) trade, swap
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barter
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(adj) rude, brusque, terse, summary
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curt
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(v) concoct, contrive, work out, design
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devise
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(adj) agile, handy, deft
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dexterous
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(v) immerse, preoccupy
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engross
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(v) necessitate
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entail
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(v) track down, sniff out
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ferret
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(v) acclimate, inure, get used to
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habituate
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(adj, part) imminent, upcoming
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impending
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(adj) charming, agreeable, likable
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personable
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(v) lament, repent
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rue
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(v) ridicule, laugh at, jeer at
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scoff
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(n) changeover, conversion, switch, passage
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transition
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(n) dread, anxiety, apprehension
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trepidation
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(v) bawl out, reprimand
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upbraid
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(adj) actual
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veritable
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(v) irritate, irk, puzzle, distress
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vex
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(n) vigor, stamina
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vitality
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(adj) odd, peculiar, quaint, fanciful
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whimsical
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(v) pacify, mollify, placate, propitiate
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appease
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(adj) delayed, behindhand
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belated
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(adj) disastrous, catastrophic, ruinous, fatal
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calamitous
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(v) refer to, enumerate, subpoena
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cite
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(adj) ordinary, commonplace, orthodox
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conventional
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(v) entice, entrap
(n) lure, bait |
decoy
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(v) prove, investigate
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delve
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(v) result
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ensue
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(n) bravery, chivalrousness, valor, daring
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gallantry
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(v) transmit, bestow, grant
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impart
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(adj) thoughtful, prudent, shrewd, astute
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judicious
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(v) settle, arbitrate, umpire, referee
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mediate
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(n) surroundings
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milieu
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(adj) peculiar, bizarre, odd, unorthodox, unconventional
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outlandish
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(adj) high-handed, overriding
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overbearing
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(adj) vivacious, impudent, fresh
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pert
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(n) peculiarity, oddity, eccentricity
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quirk
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(v) amuse, divert
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regale
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(adj) careless, sloppy, lackadaisical
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shiftless
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(n) blot
(v) soil, tarnish, pollute |
taint
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(v) step down, relinquish, renounce
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abdicate
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(v) grant, confer, lodge, put up
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bestow
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(adj) spaciouis, commodious
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capacious
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(adj) burning, corrosive, sharp
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caustic
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(n) campaign, organized movement
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crusade
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(v) mar, disfigure
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deface
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(n) stoppage, ban, boycott
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embargo
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(n) misconception
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fallacy
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(n) giddiness, flippancy, frivolity, fickleness
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levity
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(n) panhandler
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mendicant
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(v) sicken, disgust
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nauseate
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(v) cancel, invalidate, annul
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negate
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(adj) crucial, critical, decisive, essential
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pivotal
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(n) receiver, beneficiary
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recipient
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(n) stratagem, subterfuge, dodge
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ruse
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(v) abound, swarm, overflow
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teem
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(n) doctrine, precept
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tenet
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(adj) submissive, docile, yielding, amenable
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tractable
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(adj) graceless
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ungainly
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(adj) gluttonous, insatiavle, avid
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voracious
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