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20 Cards in this Set
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(n. pl.) ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions
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Antics
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(adj. part.) declared openly and without shame, acknowledge
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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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(n.) harm or loss; injury, damage; a disadvantage; a cause of harm, injury, 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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(adj. part.) overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess
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Congested
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(v.) to make value less, take away all force or effect
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Invalidate
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(adj.) described in well-known stories; existing 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 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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(adj. adv.) in a disguised state, under an assumed name or identity; (n.) shortage, scarcity, dearth, paucity
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Incognito
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(adj.) slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct
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Oblique
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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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(v.) to provide more than is needed or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of over stuffing; (n.) an oversupply
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Glut
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