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60 Cards in this Set
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precarious
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unsafe, insecure, uncertain, dangerous
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devastation
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destructive, desolation
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vulnerable
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easaily injured or hurt physically oe emotionally
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besieged
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to crowd around in order to ask for favors
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wreaking
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to inflict, or express
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perserverance
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the act or habit of holding to a course of action, persistance
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autonomy
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independance, the condition of having self-government
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wane
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to decrease gradually
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inclement
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without mercy
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latitude
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freedom, scope
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balmy
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mild and pleasant
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facsimile
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an exact reprduction or copy
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vigilant
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alert, watchful, wary
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commenced
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to begin, initiate, start
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archaic
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no longer in general use
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invincible
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not to be overcome
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beguiled
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to cheat or decieve
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appease
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to soothe or pacify
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pretext
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a false reason concealing a real one, an excuse
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espionage
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spying
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balmy
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mild and pleasant
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facsimile
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an exact reprduction or copy
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balmy
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mild and pleasant
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vigilant
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alert, watchful, wary
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facsimile
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an exact reprduction or copy
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commenced
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to begin, initiate, start
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vigilant
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alert, watchful, wary
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archaic
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no longer in general use
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invincible
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not to be overcome
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beguiled
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to cheat or decieve
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commenced
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to begin, initiate, start
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appease
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to soothe or pacify
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pretext
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a false reason concealing a real one, an excuse
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espionage
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spying
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archaic
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no longer in general use
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invincible
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not to be overcome
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beguiled
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to cheat or decieve
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appease
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to soothe or pacify
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pretext
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a false reason concealing a real one, an excuse
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espionage
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spying
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junctures
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a point where things are joined
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tawny
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brownish-yellow, tan
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heiroglyphics
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a picturer or symbol representing a word
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subsidized
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to aid or assist with a grant of money
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inaccessable
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not easily reached
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coffer
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a box or chest
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rivulet
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a small stream
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edifices
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a building or structure, especially an elaborate one
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retainers
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fee paid in advance for sevices
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innovation
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a new way to do something, something new
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canine
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any animal belonging to the canine family
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ossified
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to change into bone, to harden like bone
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meager
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noticably inadequate
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ravages
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to inflict terrible destruction
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apex
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the highest point of something, climax
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defront
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no longer in existance
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percieve
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to become aware of or to understand by means of the senses
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bougereious
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of or like the middle class
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influx
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flowing in
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obliterated
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to blot or wipe out entirely
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