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20 Cards in this Set
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adumbrate
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to outline in a vague way; to forshadow
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aggravate
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to make worse or more severe
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annihilate
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destroy utterly
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capitulate
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surrender on certain terms
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extenuate
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to make less serious, diminish
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fulminate
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to explode, erupt, shout violently
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instigate
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provoke, incite
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mitigate
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lessen, make milder
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procrastinate
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to delay, put off
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prooitiate
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appease, conciliate
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auspicious
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promising, favorable
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egergious
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remarkably bad, flagrant
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equivocal
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vague, ambiguous, questionable
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expedient
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suitable, advantageous but not necessarily right
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fortuitous
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occurring by chance or accident
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intrinsic
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actual, essential, inherent
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mystical
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participating in mysterious spiritual experience or knowledge
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sacrilegious
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irreverent, blasphemous
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salubrious
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halthful, promoting health
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synthetic
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artificial, manufactured
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