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35 Cards in this Set
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Profusion
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An abundance or great quantity
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Indulge
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To yeild to an inclination or desire; to follow ones will
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Enigma
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something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; puzzle
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Offset
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something that counteracts, counterbalances, or compensates for something else
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Foregone
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something that already happened
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Flagarant
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Obvious
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vignette
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a photograph whose edges fade off
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matriarch
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The female head of the family
the female that is dominant or in charge |
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imminent
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about to happen
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facilitate
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to make easier
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robust
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physically strong
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consensus
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the majority opinion
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peruade
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spread of diffuse through
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degenerate
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to grow worse
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render
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to cause to become
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congeal
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to thicken, or change from liquid to solid
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cynophobia
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the abnormal fear of dogs
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remuneration
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to give payment for work
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engender
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cause
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bilk
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cheat
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knotty
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complex;hard to solve
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Tangent
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going of a subject
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covert
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hidden
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latent
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hidden
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abasement
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humiliation
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engender
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cause
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meticulously
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carefuly; detailed
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explicit
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something that is understood
go get me a glass of water (you is the understood subject) |
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squalid
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filthy
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begrudge
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to envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of (someone):
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slapdash
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in a hasty, haphazard manner: He assembled the motor slapdash.
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herald
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to indicate or signal the coming of; usher in.
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succinct
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expressed in few words; concise; terse.
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oblivious
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unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually fol. by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
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ignominious
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degrading, disgraceful, dishonorable, shameful
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