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40 Cards in this Set
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abscond
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to run off and hide
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access
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entry, admittance, apporach
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anarchy
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a lack of government and law, confusion
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arduous
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hard to do, requiring much effort
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auspicious
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favorable, promising
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biased
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favoring one side unduly, prejudiced
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daunt
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to overcome with fear, intimidate, discourage
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disentangle
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to free from tangles or complications
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fated
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determined in advanced by destiny or fourtune
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hoodwink
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to mislead by a trick
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inanimate
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not having life, without energy or spirit
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incinerate
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to burn to ashes
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intrepid
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very brave, fearless, unshakable
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larceny
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theft
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pliant
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bending readily, easily influenced
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pompous
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overly self-important in speech and manner, bombastic
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precipice
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a very steep cliff, the brink or edge of disaster
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rectify
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to make right, correct
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reprieve
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a temporary relif or delay, to grant a postponement
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revile
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to attack with words, call bad names
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accomplice
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a person who takes part in a crime
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annihilate
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to destroy completely
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arbitrary
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unreasonabloe, based on one's wished or whims without regard for reason or fairness
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brazen
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shamelessness, impudent, made of brass, bold, saucy
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catalyst
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a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction, that causes change
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exodus
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a large-scale departure or flight
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facilitate
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to make easier, to assist
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incorrigible
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not able to be corrected, beyond control
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latent
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hidden, prsent but not realized
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militant
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given to fighting active, and agressive in support of a cause, activist
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morose
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having a gloomy or sullen manner, NOT SOCIABLE
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opaque
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not letting light through, dense
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paramount
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chief in importance, above all others
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prattle
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chatty, talking aimlessly,babble
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rebut
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to offer arguements or eveidence that contradicts an assertion to frefute, disprove
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reprimand
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to scold
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servitude
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slavery, forced labor
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slapdash
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carless and hasty
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stagnant
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not running or flowing, foul from standing still, inactive
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succumb
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to give way to superior force, yeild
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