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20 Cards in this Set
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Atropy
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(n/ v) The wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; to waste away.
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What happens after you have a caste
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Bastion
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(n) a fortified place, stronghold
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Concord
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(n) a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant.
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Consummate
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(adj/ v) complete or perfect in the highest degree; to bring to a state of completion or perfection.
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Disarray
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(n/ v) disorder, confusion; to throw into disorder.
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Exigency
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(n) urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency.
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Flotsam
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(n) floating debris; homeless, impoverished people.
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Frenetic
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(adj) frenzied, highly agitated.
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Glean
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(v) to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers.
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Grouse
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(n/ v) a type of game bird; a complaint; to complain, grumble.
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Incarcerate
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(v) to imprison, confine, jail.
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Incumbent
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(adj/ n) obligatory, required; one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of.
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Jocular
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(adj) humorous, jesting, jolly, joking.
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Ludicrous
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(adj) ridiculous, laughable, absurd.
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Mordant
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(adj) biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh.
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Nettle
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(n/v) a prickly or stinging plant; to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger, to vex or irritate severely.
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Pecuniary
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(adj) consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money.
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Pusillanimous
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(adj) contemptibly cowardly or mean- spirited.
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Recumbent
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(adj) in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting.
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Stratagem
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(n) a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end.
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