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22 Cards in this Set
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to trouble with demands; to beg for insistently
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importune
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an object believed to have magical powers; an object of reasoning devotion or reverence
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fetish
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to take up and support; to become attached to, adopt, marry
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espouse
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to insert between other parts or things; to present as an addition or correction
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interpolate
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living together in a herd or group; sociable, seeking the company of others
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gregarious
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pertaining to beauty; sensitive or responsive to beauty, artistic
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aesthetic
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to frustrate, thwart or defeat; to confuse, perplex or embarrass
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discomfit
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marked by persistent absence of good luck
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hapless
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a guess, tentative theory
to make a guess, surmise |
conjecture
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faultless, beyond criticism or blame
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impeccable
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no longer in existence or functioning, dead
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defunct
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concise, using few words
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laconic
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the lowest part
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nadir
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to become weak, feeble or dull; to droop; to be depressed or dispirited, to suffer neglect
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languish
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incable of being repaired or rectified
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irreparable
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done in superficial or halfhearted manner; without interest or enthusiasm
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prefunctory
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given to lying or deception; untrue
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mendacious
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present in all places at all times
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omnipresent
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equivalent, having the same meaning, value or effect
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tantamount
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to make suitable repayment, as for a kindness, service, or favor; to make retaliation, as for an injury or wrong; to reciprocate
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requite
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expressive of sorrow or woe, melancholy
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plaintive
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persisting in holding obstinately to old ideas or habits; unrepentant, unreformed
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unregenerate
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