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20 Cards in this Set
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affluent
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adjective, having abundant goods or riches, : wealthy, prosperous, oppulent
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aloof
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adjective, distant in feeling or interest: unconcerned, indifferent
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bolster
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verb, prop up: support, sustain
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chore
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noun, small routine job a house or farm: task, assignment
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commitment
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noun, agreement to do something in the future : pledge, promise
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confederate
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noun ; person allied with another or others : accomplice, ally
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convert
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verb : change in form from one state to another: transform, alter
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covet
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verb; wish for enviously or excessively ; desire, crave
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crestfallen
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adjective, with hanging head: dejected, disheartened, downcast
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infer
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verb; reach a conclusion by reasoning from facts ; conclude, deduce
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mar
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verb; detract from the perfectness of : spoil damage, impair, tarnish
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obliterate
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verb ; remove all traces of destroy utterely ; erase, dfface
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rile
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verb ; to make angry or resentlful ; irritate, provoke, peeve
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robust
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adjective, strong and healthy : hardy, vigourous
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site
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noun : placw whre something is or was ; location, point, spot
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steep
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adjective, sharply rising or falling ; abrupt, precipitous, sheer
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surface
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noun ; outermost or uppermost layer or area : top, exterior, outside
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thwart
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verb - prevent someone from achieving a purpose ; frustrate, foil, baffle
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turbulence
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noun ; state of wild disorder, commotion, agitation, turmoil
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vestige
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noun - visible mark leftr by something vanished ; relic, trace
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