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20 Cards in this Set
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Accelerate
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to speed up, cause to move faster
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Bystander
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one who looks on or observes
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Canvass
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to go through an area in order to procure votes
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Casual
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happening by chance or on an irregular basis
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Downtrodden
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Treated unfaily and cruelly, oppressed
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Puny
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of less than normal strength or size
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Entice
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to attract, tempt
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Erode
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to wear away gradually
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Flounder
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to thrash about in a clumsy or inffective way
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Graphic
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lifelike, vivid; relating to the pictorial arts
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Gruesome
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horrible, revolting, ghastly
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Melancholy
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sad, gloomy, unhappy
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Ordeal
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a difficult or painful experience
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Parch
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to make dry and thirsty
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Persist
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to continue steadily in a course of action
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Vital
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having life, living; necessary to life
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quibble
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to evade or belittle a point by twisting words or raising minor objections
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Ratify
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to approve, give formal approval to
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Regal
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royal, kinglike; fit for a king
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Stifle
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to smother, prevent from breathing
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