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12 Cards in this Set
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venture
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A task or undertaking that involves risk and danger
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meager
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scarcely adequate/ barely enough
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stagger
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to move unsteadily
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gallows
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a frame work from which criminals are hanged
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tangent
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abrupt and often irrelevant change in thought
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tranquil
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quiet and motionless
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grimace
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a twisting of the face
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oppressive
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cruel and unjust
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reluctantly
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unwilling
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bovine
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dull, sluggish, cowlike
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console
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to comfort or cheer up from grief or sorrow
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resentful
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to feel anger and or bitterness from a real offense
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