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70 Cards in this Set
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abscond
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to sneak away, escape, hide
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alias
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fake name, pseudonym
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amenable
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agreeable, willing
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amity
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friendliness
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apprentice
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1. (n) a trainee 2. (v) to train
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auditory
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related to hearing
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aural
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related to hearing
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auspicious
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favorable, promising
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ban
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prohibit, outlaw
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belie
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to give a false impression of, contradict
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branded
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labeled
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bucolic
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rural, rustic
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camaraderie
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a feeling of friendship
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catharsis
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purging of emotions, purification
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combustible
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explosive, flammable
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corrugated
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grooved, bumpy (corrugated cardboard)
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daft
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silly, dumb; insane
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deft
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skilled; able
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derogatory
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negative, insulting
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devour
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to eat up; consume completely
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dissipate
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to spread out and become thin, dissolve
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drench
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to wet completely, to soak
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egregious
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particularly bad, flagrant
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elation
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extreme joy
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essence
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the core, the fundamental nature of something
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excommunication
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kicking someone out of a church / religion
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exhilarating
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very exciting, energizing
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flushed
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rosy in the face
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forgo
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to give up
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forthright
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straight-forward, direct
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gaggle
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a group of geese
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gallant
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chivalrous, gentlemanly; brave, courageous
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hoard
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to store up, hide away goods
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incur
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to arouse; to gain/acquire;
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insolent
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insubordinate, rude, impudent
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intricate
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highly detailed, complicated
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invoke
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call upon
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ire
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intense anger
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jaunty
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sprightly, lively
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lampoon
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to make fun of, satirize
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meek
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submissive, modest
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misanthrope
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one who hates people
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muddled
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confused, mixed up
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olfactory
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having to do with the sense of smell
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oral
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of or pertaining to the mouth
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persnickety
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fussy about little details, picky
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pessimist
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one who always focuses on the negative
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philistine
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materialist, one seeking material rather than intellectual or artistic gain
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portly
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stout, large-bodied
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postulate
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theorize, assume to be true
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precocious
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overly mature/intelligent at an early age
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propitiate
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appease, pacify
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pugilist
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a boxer
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rancor
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resentment, bitter ill-will
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reprehensible
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guilty, culpable
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revile
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to insult, subject to verbal abuse
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rogue
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scoundrel, mischievous person
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sanguine
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confident, bold
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shun
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reject, turn away from
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solicit
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to ask for, seek
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stalwart
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strong, sturdy
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stevedore
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one who loads and unloads cargo/luggage on a ship
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tactile
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having to do with the sense of touch
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tangential
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peripheral, slightly related
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trait
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feature, attribute
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tranquility
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calmness
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trepidation
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fear, nervousness
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tribute
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praise, compliment
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unwieldy
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bulky, cumbersome, difficult to manage
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warp
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distort, deform
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