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20 Cards in this Set
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(adj)willing to follow advice pr authority, tractable, submissive; responsive; liable to be held responsible
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amendable
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(v)to scold sharply
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berate
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(n)large-scale slaughter or loss of life
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carnage
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(adj)too ready to believe, easily decieved
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credulous
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(n)a rule, test; a standard for judgment or evaluation
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criterion
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(v)to use up as a result of spending or consumption; to diminish greatly
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deplete
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(v)to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail; to move about freely
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expatiate
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(adj)coming from the outside, foreign; present but not essential, irrelevant
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extraneous
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(n)the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution, ect.
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inception
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(n)a weakness or ailment (physical, mental, moral, ect.)
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infirmity
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(adj)lacking in nutrive value; lacking in interest or substance; immature, juvenile
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jejune
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(adj)stubborn,unyielding
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obdurate
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(n)a collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general mixture; petals mixed with spices for scent
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potpourri
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(adj)showing unusually early development(especially in talents and mental capacity)
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precocious
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(adj)delighting in cruelt, excessively cruel
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sadistic
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(adj)self-rightous, characterized by moralizing; given to use of maxims or adages; saying much in few words, pithy
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sententious
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(v)to beg earnestly and humbly
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supplicate
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(n)an excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causing disgust;(v)to feed or supply with anything excess
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surfeit
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(adj)winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved, complex; devious
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tortuous
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(adj)swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive in language
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turgid
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