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20 Cards in this Set
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(n, pl) rediculous and unpredictable behavior or actions
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antics
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(adj., part.) declared openly and without shame, acknowledged
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avowed
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(v.) to exchange playful remarks, tease; (n.) talk that is playful and teasing
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banter
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(adj.) giving freely, generous; plentiful, given abundantly
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bountiful
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(adj., part.) overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess
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congested
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(n.) harm or loss; injury, damage; a disadvantage; a cause of harm, loss, or damage
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detriment
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(adj.) sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time; (n., pl.) consumer goods used repeatedly over a series of years
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durable
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(adj.) energetic, willing and able to start something new; showing boldness and imagination
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enterprising
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(adj.) economical, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty, poor, meager
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frugal
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(adj., adv.) with extreme care or caution
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gingerly
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(v.) to provide more than is needed or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of overstuffing; (n.) an oversupply
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glut
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(adj., adv.) in a diguised state, under an assumed name or identity; (n.) the state of being diguised; a person in disguise
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incognito
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(v.) to make useless, take away all force or effect
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invalidate
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(adj.) described in well-known stories; exsisting in old stories (legends) rather than in real life
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legendary
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(v.) to cripple, disable, injure, mar, disfigure, mutilate
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maim
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(v.) to make as small as possible, make the least of; to make smaller than before
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minimize
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(adj.) slanting or sloping; not staightforward or direct
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oblique
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(v.) to change direction or course suddenly, turn aside, shift, swerve
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veer
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(v.) to regard with reverence, look up to with great respect
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venerate
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(adj.) reckless; heartless, unjustifiable; loose in morals; (n.) a spoiled, pampered person; one with low morals
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wanton
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