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20 Cards in this Set
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atone
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(v.) to make up for
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bondage
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(n.) slavery; any state of being boundor held down
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credible
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(adj.) believable
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defray
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(v.) to pay for
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diligent
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(adj.) hardworking, industrious, not lazy
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doleful
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(adj.) sad, dreary
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ghastly
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(adj.) frightful, horrible; deathly pale
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hamper
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(v.) to hold back
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hew
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(v.) to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to
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impoverished
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(adj.) poor, in a state of poverty; depleted
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incessant
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(adj.) never stopping, going on all the time
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intricate
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(adj.) complicated, difficult to understand
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lucid
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(adj.) easy to understand, clear; rational, sane
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posthumous
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(adj.) ocurring or pulished after death
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prim
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(adj.) overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish
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sardonic
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(adj.) grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic
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superfluous
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(adj.) exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess
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supplant
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(v.) to take the place of, superede
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taunt
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(v.) to jeer at, mock; (n.) an isulting or mocking remark
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tenacious
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(adj.) holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent
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