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18 Cards in this Set
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inimical
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hostile/harmful
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askance
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sideways/squinting
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perforce
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unavoidably/necesary
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pith
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essential part
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impalpable
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not easily grasped by the mind; intangible
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flagellate
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flog or punish oneself
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zenith
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part of sky directly above the observer
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propensity
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inclination
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sedulous
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perservering,, painstaking, diligent
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deleterious
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harmful to mind or body
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asperity
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harshness
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loquacity
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talkative
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colloquoy
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conversation
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extenuate
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lessen the guilt/shame of crime
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obesiance
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respecctful/submissive gesture
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nautical
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sailors or navigation
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propity
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uprightness/good
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nugatory
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futile/worthless
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