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82 Cards in this Set
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Incredulous
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Skeptical
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Superlative
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Of the highest order
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Muffled
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To deafen
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Potentate
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One who has the power and position to rule others
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Pilfer
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To steal
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Capitulate
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To surrender under specified conditions
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Nondescript
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Lacking distinctice qualities
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Adjuration
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An earnest, solemn appeal
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Unfathomable
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Difficult to understand
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n/m
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no def
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Emaciated
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Starvation
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Supllicate
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To ask for humbly or earnestly
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Consign
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To Give over to the care of another
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Modicum
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A small amount
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Offal
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Rubbish
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Martial
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Relating to war
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Feign
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To give a false appearence
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Triumvirate
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A group headed by 3 people
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Admonition
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A warning
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Coercion
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To bring about by force
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Incommodious
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Inconveient
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Extemporize
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To do without prior preparation
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Appellation
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A name or title
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Trepidation
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Fear
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Animosity
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Bitter hostility
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Cogitate
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To ponder
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Commiserate
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To sympathize with
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Infamous
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Notorious
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Incumbent
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Obligatory
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Laconic
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Using few words
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Dissipate
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Disperse
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Precocious
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Early Development
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Emulate
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To strive to excel
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Escutcheon
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Protective plate
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Ignoble
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Not noble
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Homage
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Ceremonial acknowledgment by a vassal of allegiance to his lord under feudal law
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Conducive
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Tending to cause of bring about
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Caricature
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A grotesque imitation
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Interment
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Burial
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Ruminate
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To ponder
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Tribunal
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A court of justice
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Stealth
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The act of moving
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Poltroon
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A base coward
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Proscribe
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To denounce
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Magnamimous
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Courageously noble in mind and heart
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Sequester
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To cause to withdraw into sedusion
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Tocsin
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An alarm sounded on a bell
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Munificent
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Very liberal in giving
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Inanimate
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Not having the qualities associated with active
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Obsequious
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To seek favor or attention by flattery
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Finesse
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Refinement and delicacy of performance
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Retrospect
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A review of things that happend in the past
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Gregarious
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Seeking and enjoying the company of others
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Intervene
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To come between
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Inexorable
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Not capable of being persuaded by entreaty
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Expound
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To explain
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Resolute
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Firm or determined
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Dilate
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To expand
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Bereft
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To leave desolate or a;pme especially by death
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Annihilate
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To destroy completly
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Avarice
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Greedy
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Pinioned
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Handcuffed
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Prevaricate
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Lieing
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Immolation
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To kill as a sacrifice
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Carnage
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Massive slaughter
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Inclement
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Showing no mercy
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Frugal
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Practicing or marked by economy
If rich....cheap If poor.....spending wisly |
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Capricious
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Unpredictable
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Jocose
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Characterized by joking
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Quaff
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To dink deeply
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Carrion
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Decaying flesh
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Gnash
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To gring teeth together
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Flummoxed
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Confused
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Quench
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Satisfy
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Gloaming
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twilight
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Inquisitive
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Prying or asking questions
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Remunerate
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to pay or compensate
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Insurgent
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To rebel
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Implicate
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To involve or connect intimately
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Corroborate
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To confirm
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Convict
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To prove or find guilty
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Collusion
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Conspiracy
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