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60 Cards in this Set
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Abscond'
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(v) to run off and hide
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Ac'cess
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(n) admintence, entry (v) to get at, obtain
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An'archy
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(n) lack of government, confusion
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Ar'duous
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(adj) hard to do
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Auspic'ious
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(adj) favorable
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Bi'ased
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(adj) favoring one side
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Daunt
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(v) intimidate
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disentan'gle
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(v) to free from tangles or complecations
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Fa'ted
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(adj) detemined in advanced
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Hood'wink
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(v) to mislead by trick
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Inan'imate
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(adj) not having life
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Incin'erate
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(v) to burn to ashes
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Intrep'id
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(adj) very brave
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Lar'ceny
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(n) theft
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Pli'ant
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(adj) flexible
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Pom'pous
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(adj) conseded
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Prec'ipice
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(n) a very steep cliff
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Rec'tify
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(v) to make right
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Reprieve'
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(n) temporary relief (v) postpone
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Revile'
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(v) to attack with words
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Accom'plice
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(n) person who takes part in a crime
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Anni'hilate
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(v) to destroy completely
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Ar'bitrary
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(adj) unreasonable
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Bra'zen
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(adj) shameless
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Cat'alyst
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(n) substances that speeds a reaction
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Ex'odus
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(n) a large scale flight or departure
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Facil'itate
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(v) to make easier
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Incor'rigible
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(adj) uncorrectable
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Lat'ent
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(adj) hidden
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Mil'itant
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(adj) given to fighting (n) activist
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Morose'
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(adj) having a gloomy manner
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Opaque'
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(adj) not letting light through, not clear
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Par'amount
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(adj) most importanr
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Pratt'le
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(v) to babble (n) baby talk
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Rebut'
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(v) to shoot holes in
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Rep'rimend
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(v) to scold (n) rebuke
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Ser'vitude
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(n) slavery
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Slap'dash
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(adj) careless, hasty
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Stag'nant
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(adj) motionless
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Succumb'
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(v) to give way to a superior force
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Atone'
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(v) to make up for
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Bon'dage
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(n) slavery
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Cred'ible
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(adj) believable
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Defray'
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(v) to pay for
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Dil'igent
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(adj) hardworking
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Dole'ful
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(adj) sad
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Ghast'ly
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(adj) frightful, horrible
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Ham'per
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(v) to hold back
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Hew
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(v) to shape or cut down
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Impove'rished
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(adj) poor
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Incess'ant
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(adj) never stopping
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In'tricate
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(adj) complicated
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Lu'cid
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(adj) easy to understand
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Post'humous
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(adj) occuring or published after death
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Prim
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(adj) overly neat
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Sardon'ic
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(adj) bitterly sarcastic
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Super'fluous
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(adj) surplus
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Supplant'
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(v) to take the place of
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Taunt
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(v) to jeer at (n) an insulting or mocking remark
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Tena'cious
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(adj) persistant
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