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20 Cards in this Set
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abdicate
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verb: to resign, formally give up an office or a duty, to disown, discard
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bestow
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verb: to give as a gift, to provide with lodgings
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capacious
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adjective: able to hold much, roomy
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caustic
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adjective: able to burn or eat away by chemical action, biting, sarcastic
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crusade
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noun: a strong movement to advance a cause or idea
verb: to campaign, work vigorously |
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deface
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verb: to injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value, influence, or effect of, to face down outshine
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embargo
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noun: an order forbidding the trade in or movement of commercial goods; any restraint or hindrance
verb: to forbid to enter or leave port, to forbid trade with |
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fallacy
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noun: a false notion or belief; an error in thinking
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levity
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noun: a lack of seriousness or earnestness, especially about things that should be treated with respect, buoyancy, lightness in weight
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mendicant
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noun: beggar
adjective: depending on begging for a living |
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nauseate
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verb: to make sick to the stomach, to fill with disgust
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negate
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verb: to nullify, deny, bring to nothing
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pivotal
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adjective: vitally important, essential
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recipient
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noun: one who receives
adjective: receiving, able or willing to receive |
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ruse
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noun: an action designed to confuse or mislead, a trick
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teem
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verb: to become filled to overflowing; to be present in large quantities
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tenet
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noun: an opinion, belief, or principle held to be true
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tractable
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adjective: easily managed, easy to deal with, easily wrought, malleable
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ungainly
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adjective: clumsy, awkward, unwieldy
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voracious
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adjective: having a huge appetite, greedy, ravenous, excessively eager
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