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15 Cards in this Set
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alienate
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to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey
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artifice
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a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; clever skill; trickery
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coerce
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to compel, force
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craven
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cowardly; (n.) a coward
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demise
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a death, especially of a person in a lofty position
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fallow
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plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow
land left unseeded to plow but not seed |
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harass
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to trouble with repeated attacks
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inclement
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stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action
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negligible
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so unimportant it can be disregarded
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perpetuate
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to make permanent or long lasting
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precedent
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an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
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punitive
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inflicting or aiming at punishment
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redress
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to set right, remedy; (n.) relief from wrong or injury
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sojourn
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a temporary stay; to stay for a time
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urbane
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refined in manner or style, suave
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