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85 Cards in this Set
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contend
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ability to compete
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harried
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harassed
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buffet
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too keep/ a blow from any source
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moor
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a spot to keep a boat that isn't a dock
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insolent
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presumptuou and insulting in a manner or speech; arrogant
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primal
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first
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pine
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to feel a lingering, often nostalgic desire
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indignation
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anger aroused by something unjust, mean, or unworthy
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restitution
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the act of restoring to the rightful owner something that has been taken away, lost, or surrendered
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divine
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god-like
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indifferent
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biased, unfair
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hekatomb
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big sacrifice
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harangued
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to make a long speech
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devilment
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devilish behavior
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insidious
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treachorous
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roving
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traveling
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desolation
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lonely grief
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annihilation
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complete destruction
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jostling
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to bump
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pensive
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thinking deeply
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vexed
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annoyed
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revel
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to wake up
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subtle
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soft, calm
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conjure
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to call on something
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vigil
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a watch kept during sleeping hours
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remiss
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lacking
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eddying
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whirlpooling
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tarry
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wait/ hold up
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supplication
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to ask for humbly or earnestly
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flout
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to show boat
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laundered
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cleaned
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palisades
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spires
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auspacious
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welcoming, good
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abashed
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to make ashamed or uneasy
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devoutly
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full of belief
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contrive
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to think up
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marshal
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coralled like a horse
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bane
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a warrior who kills
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ponderous
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heavy
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brazen
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bold, made of brass
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boon
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prayed
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guile
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cunning
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mutinous
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rebelious
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muster
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gathering
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entreat
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request
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prudence
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caution, ability to decide well
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constrained
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force
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prodigious
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unnatural
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disconsolate
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sad, gloomy
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chided
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scolded
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fathomless
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too deep to be measured
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pinioned
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the wing of the bird
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assuage
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to make less intense
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stealth
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the ast of moving, proceeding, or acting in a covert way
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impalpable
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difficult to perceive or grasp by the mind
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effusively or tearfully sentimental
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ruses
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a deceptive maneuver
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impervious
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incapable of being penetrated
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bemuse
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to cause to be bewildered
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furrowed
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to dig a trench
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convey
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to take or carry from one place to another; transport
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exultation
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the act or condition of rejoicing greatly
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begot
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to father; sire
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hectoring
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to behave like a bully, swagger
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obstinacy
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the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome
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commandeered
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to take arbitrarily or by force
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sniveling
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to sniff ones nose
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adversities
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enemies
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indulgence
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spoils
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faltered
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to move ineptly or haltingly; stumble
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runnel
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a narrow channel or course, as for water
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implacable
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impossible to appease
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aegis
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sponsorship; patronage
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pell-mell
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in a jumbled, confused matter; helter skelter
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trulls
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a woman prostitute
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tumult
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the din and commotion of a great crowd
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lopped
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cut off
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pliant
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easily bent or flexed
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winnowing
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to separate the chaff from (grain) by means of a current of air
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sallied
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to rush out or leap forth suddenly
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asphodel
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in greek poetry and mytholgy, the flowers of hades and the dead, sacred to persephone
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wrought
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physical or mental effort or activity directed toward the production or accomplishment of something
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unguent
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a salve for soothing or healing; an ointment
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foray
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a sudden raid or military advance
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arbiter
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one chosen or appointed to judge or decide a disputed issue
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