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20 Cards in this Set
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abscond
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(v) to run off/hide
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access
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(n) approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase (v) to get at, obtain
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arduous
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(adj) hard to do, requiring much effort
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auspicious
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(adj) favorable, fortunate
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biased
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(adj) favoring on side unduly; predjudiced
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daunt
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(v) to overcome w/ fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage
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disentangle
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(v) to free from tangles or complications
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fated
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(adj) determined in advance by destiny or fortune
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hoodwink
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(v) to mislead by a trick, decieve
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inanimate
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(adj) not havun life, without energy or spirit
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incinerate
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(v) to burn to ashes
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intrepid
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(adj) very brave, fearless, unshakeable
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larceny
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(n) theft
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pliant
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(adj) bending readily, easily influenced
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pompous
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(adj) overly self- important in speech or manner, excessively stately or ceremonious
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precipice
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(n) a very steep cliff, the brink or edge of disaster
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rectify
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(v) to make right, correct
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reprieve
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(n) a temorary relief or delay, (v) to grant a postponement
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revile
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(v) to attack with words, call bad names
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anarchy
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a lack of gov
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