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20 Cards in this Set
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importune
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to beg for insistently
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fetish
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an object of unreasoning devotion or reverence
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espouse
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to take up and support; adopt, marry
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interpolate
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to insert between other parts or things
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gregarious
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living together in a herd or group
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aesthetic
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pertaining to beauty
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discomfit
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to frustrate, thwart, defeat
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hapless
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marked by persistent absence of good luck
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impeccable
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faultless, beyond criticism or blame
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defunct
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no longer in existence or functioning; dead
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irreparable
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incapable of being repaired or rectified
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laconic
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concise, using few words
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languish
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to become weak, feeble, or dull
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mendacious
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given to lying or deception, untrue
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nadir
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the lowest point
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omnipresent
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present in all places at all times
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perfunctory
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done in a superficial or halfhearted manner; without interest or enthusiasm
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plaintive
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expressive of sorrow or woe
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requite
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to make suitable repayment; to make retaliation; to reciprocate
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tantamount
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equivalent, having the same meaning, value, or effect
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