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60 Cards in this Set
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abscond |
to run off and hide
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access |
approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase
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anarchy |
a lack of govenment or law; confusion
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arduous |
requiring much effort
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auspicious |
favorable, fortunate
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biased |
prejudice
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daunt |
to intimidate
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disentangle |
to free from tangles or complications
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fated |
determined in advance by destiny or fortune
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hoodwink |
decive
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inanimate |
without energy
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incinerate |
to burn to ashes
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intrepid |
very brave
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larceny |
theft
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pliant |
bendy
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pompous |
overly self important
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precipice |
a very steep cliff
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rectify |
to correct
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reprieve |
temporary delay
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revile |
to attack with words
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accomplice |
a person who takes part in a crime
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annihilate |
to destroy completely
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arbitrary |
unreasonable
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brazen |
shameless or made of brass
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catalyst |
a substance that causes or quickens a chemical reaction
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exodus |
a large scale departure or flight
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facilitate |
to assist
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incorrigible |
beyond control
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latent |
hidden
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militant |
given to fighting
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morose |
having a gloomy manner
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opaque |
not letting light through
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paramount |
chief in importance
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prattle |
to talk in aimless foolish or simple ways; to babble
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rebut |
to refute
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reprimand |
to scold
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servitude |
slavery
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slapdash |
careless and hasty
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stagnant |
not running or flowing
foul from standing still sluggish dull |
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succumb |
yield
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atone |
to make up for
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bondage |
slavery
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credible |
believable
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defray |
to pay for
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diligent |
hardworking
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doleful |
sad
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ghastly |
frightful
deathly pale |
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hamper |
to hold back
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hew |
to hold to
to shape or cut down with an ax |
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impoverished |
poor
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incessant |
never stopping
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intricate |
complicated
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lucid |
easy to understand
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posthumous |
occuring or published after death
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prim |
overly neat
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sardonic |
bitterly sarcastic
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superfluous |
excess
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supplant |
to take the place of
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taunt |
to mock
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tenacious |
holding fast
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