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20 Cards in this Set
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askance
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with suspicion/distrustfully
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attenuate
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to make thin or slender/dilute
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benign
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gentle/harmless
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cavil
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nitpick
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charlatan
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a pretender/fraud
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decimate
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to kill or destroy a large part of/devastate
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foible
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a weak point/defect
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forgo
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to abstain/refrain from
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fraught
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full or loaded with/charged with
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inure
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to toughen or harden/accustom
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luminous
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radiant
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obsequious
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excessively submissive/servile
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obtuse
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blunt/dumb
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oscillate
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to swing back and forth with a steady rythym/vacillate
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penitent
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regretful for one's sins or mistakes/remorseful
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peremptory
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unconditional/dictatorial
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rebuff
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to drive away/reject
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reconnoiter
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to scout
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shambles
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a state of complete confusion and disorder/mess
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sporadic
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occuring at irregular intervals
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