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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 duty, disown,discard
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bestow
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give as a gift, provide with lodgings
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capacious
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able to hold much, roomy
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caustic
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able to burn or eat away by chemicals; biting, sarcastic
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crusade
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a strong movement to advance a cause or idea;to campaign, work vigorously
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deface
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injure or destroy the surface;damage;face down,outshine
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embargo
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an order of forbidding trade;any restraint or hindrange;to forbid to enter
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fallacy
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false notion or belief
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levity
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lack of seriouslness;buoyancy,lightness in weight
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mendicant
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a beggar;depednding on begging 4 a living
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nauseate
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make stomach sick; fill with discust
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negate
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nullify,deny,bring to nothing
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pivotal
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vitally important,essentio
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recipient
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one who receives;receiving ; able tto receaive
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ruse
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action designed to confuse;a trick
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teem
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become filled to overflowing;be present with large quantities
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tenet
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opinion or belief; principal to be held true
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tractable
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easily managed;easy to deal with
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ungainly
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clumsy;awkward;unweidly
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voracious
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having huge apetite,greedy,ravenous;excessively eager
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