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20 Cards in this Set
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Accelerate
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(v.) to speed up, cause to move faster; to bring about more quickly
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Bystander
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(n) one who looks on or observes, a person present but not taking part
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Canvass
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(v) to go through an area in order to procure votes, sales, or opinions; to go over in detail; to discuss
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Casual
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(adj)happeneing by chance or on an irregular basis; showing little concern; informal
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Downtrodden
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(adj) treated unfairly and cruelly, oppressed
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Entice
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(v) to attract, tempt
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Erode
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(v) to wear away gradually, eat away
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Flounder
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(v) to thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way
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Graphic
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(adj) lifelike, vivid; relating to the pictorial arts
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Gruesome
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(adj) horrible, revolting, ghastly
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Melancholy
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(adj)sad, gloomy unhappy; (n) sadness, gloominess
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Ordeal
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(n) a difficult or painful experience, a trial
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Parch
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(v) to make dry and thirsty; to shrivel with heat
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Persist
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(v) to continues steadily in a course of action, refusse to stop or be changed; to last, remain
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Puny
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(adj) of less than normal strength or size; of no importance
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Quibble
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(v) to evade or belittle a point by twisting words or aising minor objections; (v)a petty objection
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Ratify
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(v) to approve, give formal approval to, confirm
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Regal
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(adj) royal, kinglike; fit for a king
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Stifle
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(v) to smother, prevent from breathing; to hold back or choke off
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Vital
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(adj) having life, living; necessary to life, essential; key, crucial
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