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20 Cards in this Set
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Proxy
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an agent, substitute; written permission allowing one person to act in another's place
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Stoical
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Self controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain
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Scavenger
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a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies
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stint
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to limit, be frugal, a limit or restriction
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Unflagging
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Tireless, continuing with vigor
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Avail
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(v.) to be of use or benefit to; to make use of; (n.) use,benifit, or value
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Abut
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(v.) to join at one end or next to
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Fervent
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Very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot
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Attire
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(n.) clothes, apparel; (v.) to dress or adorn
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Cryptic
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(adj.) puzzling or mystifying
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Infiltrate
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to pass through or gain entrance to gradually
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crony
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(n.) a very close friend, chum
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Divergent
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(adj.) going in diff. directions; differing from ea. other
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Gaunt
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thin and bony; starved looking
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Nullify
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to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out
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Enmity
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hatred, ill-will
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Perceptible
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capable of being grasped by the senses or mind
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Rankle
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to cause anger, irratation, or bitterness
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Proclaim
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to declare publicly or offically
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Plummet
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to plunge straight down
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