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41 Cards in this Set
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Affiliated
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associated, connected
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Ascertain
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to find out
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Attainment
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an accompishment
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Bequeath
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to give or pass on as an inheritance
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Cogent
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forceful, convincing
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Converge
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tomove toward one point, approach nearer together
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Disperse
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to scatter
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Esteem
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to regard highly
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Expunge
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to earse, obliterate, destroy
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finite
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having limits
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invulnerable
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not able to be wounded
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malevolent
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spiteful
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nonchalant
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cool and confident
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omniscient
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knowing everything
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panacea
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a remedy for all ills; a cure-all
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scrupulous
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exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details
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supercilious
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pround and contemptuous
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uncanny
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strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanatoin
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venial
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easily excused; pardonable
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Altruistic
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unselfish
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assend
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to express agreement
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benefactor
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one who does good to others
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chivalrous
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marked by honor, fairness, courtesy, and courage
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clemency
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mercy, humaneness
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dearth
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a lack, scarcity, inadequate supply
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diffident
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shy
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discrepency
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a difference
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embark
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to go aboard; to make a start
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facile
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easily done or attained; superficial
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indomitable
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unconquerable, refusing to yield
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infallible
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free from error
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plod
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to trudge, walk heavily
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pungent
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causing a sharp sensatoin; stinging biting
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remiss
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neglectful in performance of one's duty, careless
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repose
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to rest
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temerity
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rashness, boldness
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truculent
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fierce and cruel, harsh; aggressive
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unfeigned
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sincere, real, without pretense
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virulent
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extremely poisonus; full of malice, spiteful
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Accede
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to yield to
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brandish
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to wave or flourish in a menacing fashion
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