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57 Cards in this Set
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(v) regulate, alter, acclimate
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adapt
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(v) to bear witness, affirm to be true or genuine
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attest
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(v) mesh, jive, harmonize
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dovetail
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(n) atrociousness, heinousness, atrocity, vastness
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enormity
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(v) waver
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falter
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(n) misgiving, presentiment, premonition
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foreboding
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(adj) woebegone, forsaken, bereft, pathetic
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forlorn
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(adj) disdainful, supercilious
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haughty
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(n) obstruction, stumbling block
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impediment
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(adj) essential, indispensable, mandatory
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imperative
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(v) goof off, shirk
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malinger
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(adj) terse, short and sweet, meaty, telling
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pithy
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(v) pillage, loot, sack
(n) spoils, pelf |
plunder
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(v) snicker, smirk, titter, giggle
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simper
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(adj) loyal, faithful, unwavering
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steadfast
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(adj) trumpeted, heralded
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vaunted
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(v) malign, defame, denigrate, traduce
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vilify
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(n) stray, ragamuffin, street urchin
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waif
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(adj) dryly amusing, ironic, droll
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wry
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(v) increase, augment, fill out, supplement
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amplify
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(n) cease-fire, truce
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armistice
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(n) cease-fire, truce
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armistice
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(adj) high-handed, overbearing, presumptuous
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arrogant
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(adj) dull, insipid
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bland
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(v) disavow, disown, repudiate
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disclaim
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(v) part company, alienate
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estrange
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(v) delight
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gratify
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(adj) unlimited, boundless
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infinite
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(adj) irritable, quarrelsome, cantankerous
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irascible
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(n) kin, relations
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kindred
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(adj) green, wet behind the ears
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naive
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(n) nook, alcove
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niche
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(v) wipe out, erase, expunge, efface
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obliterate
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(adj) rickety, unsteady, run-down, dilapidated
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ransack
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(adj) financially sound, in the black
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solvent
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(adj) boring, monotonous
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tedious
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(n) peddler, hawker, dealer, merchant
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vendor
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(n) chasm, gorge
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abyss
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(v) come to pass
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befall
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(adj) pivotal, vital
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crucial
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(n pl) grounds, lees, residue, leftovers
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dregs
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(v) emcompass
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embody
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(v) vex, try one's patience
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exasperate
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(n) disaster, flop, bomb
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fiasco
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(v) embellish, gussy up
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garnish
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(n) legacy, descent, pedigree
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heritage
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(adj) motionless, slugish, lethargic
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inert
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(adj) grasping, avaricious
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mercenary
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(adj) careless, neglectful, remiss, derelict
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negligent
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(n) obscurity, nothingness
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oblivion
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(n) work, composition, piece, oeuvre
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opus
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(adj) colorless, bloodless, ashen, dull
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pallid
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(n) moral tale, fable, allegory
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parable
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(adj) logical
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rational
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(adj) mutual
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reciprocal
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(n) restraint
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stricture
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(n) facing, overlay, facade, pretense
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veneer
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