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20 Cards in this Set
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Usurper
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to seize and hold by force
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Disdain
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Scorn
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Pungent
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A sharp sensation of smell or taste
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Derisively
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Scornful ridicule
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Forthright
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Straight to the point
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Furlong
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Unit of measure equal to 1/8 of a mile or 220 yards
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Indolent
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lazy
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Vanguard
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The front of an advancing army
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obsequiously
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Ready or prompt to help or obey
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Dejectedly
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sad
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Tethered
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to fasten or hold on to
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Deceit
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The act or practice of deceiving
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Cavernous
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hollow
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Meticulously
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overly careful in small details
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Beguilling
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attractive, charming, enchanting
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Condescending
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to stoop to a level lower than one's self
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Maliciously
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violently
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Eluded
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To escape by being skillful
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Incredulously
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Skeptical
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Venomous
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full of hate, poisonous
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