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20 Cards in this Set
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Abdicate
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to resign, formally give up an office or a duty, to disown, discard
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Bestow
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to give as a gift, to provide with lodgings,
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capacious
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able to hold much, roomy, spacy, big
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caustic
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able to burn or eat away by chemical action, biting, sarcastic
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Crusade
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a strong movement to advance a cause or idea, campaign,
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deface
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to injure or destroy the surface or appearance of, damage value, influence
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Embargo
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order forbidding trade in, movement of commercial goods, forbid trade with
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Fallacy
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a false notation, or belief, an error in thinking
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Levity
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A lack of seriousness, or earnestness, lightness in weight,
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Mendicant
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A begger, depending on begging for a living
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Nauseate
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To make sick to the stomach, to fill with disgust
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Negate
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to nullify, deny, bring to nothing
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Pivotal
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vitally important, essential
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Recipient
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one who receives, able or willing to recieve
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Ruse
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an action designed to confuse or mislead, a trick
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Teem
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To become filled, to overflowing, to be present in/with large quantities
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Tenet
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An opinion, belief, or principle held to be ture
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tractable
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Easily manage, easy to deal with, malleable
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Ungainly
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Clumsy, awkward, unwieldy
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Voracious
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having huge appetite, greedy, ravenous, excessively eager
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