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54 Cards in this Set
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omnipotent
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all powerful or having unlimited power or influence
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arbitrary
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dictorial or characterized by absolute power or authority; selected at random, based on whims
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vanquish
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to conquer, overpower, or to defeat completely; gain control over
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override
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to dominate, supress, or prevail over; disregard or anull
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constrain
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to force or compel; to restrain, confine, or stifle; to imprison or restrict the movement of; to force in unnatural ways
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provocation
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something that irritates, insights, angers, or excites
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militate
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to have weight or effect or to operate against or in favor of something
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embroil
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to involve in a quarrell, conflict, or problem, or to throw into confusin
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contrive
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to scheme or plan; to invent or deisgn, to manage to do, or to bring about
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conduce
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to contribute toward; further or promote; or to lead toweard a desireable result
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ingratitiate
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to bring ones eslf into anothers good graces
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incantation
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the use of magical words to cast a spell; or magic or sorcery
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conciliate
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to passify, placate, or to soothe the anger of, to win good will by friendly acts
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mollify
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to soothe, pascify, soften, or reduce in intesity
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assuage
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to passify, calm, or satisfy, or to make less severe
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sufferance
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toleration or permission impled by failure to interfere; patient enduance or the ability to bear or endure pain, distress, etc.
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succumb
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to uield or to give way to superior force; or to die
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susceptible
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easily influenced or impressionable; or subject to, prone to, or sensitive to
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eccentric
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strange, peculiar, unconventional, or deviating from the normal
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idiosyncrasy
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a personal peculiarity or eccentricity
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ludicrous
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ridiculous, absurd, or laughable; implies being so proposterous as to deserve both laughter and scorn
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frivolous
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silly, trivial, lacking seriousness or sense or of little value or importance
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drivel
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silly or follish talk; to slober
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glib
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too ready, fluent, or smooth to be sincere or carefully considered; implies shallowness, superficiality, or incinserity
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pompous
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ahowy, pretentious, or over=dignified, or acting self-important
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lethargy
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laziness, great lack of energy, sluggishenss, or indifference
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encroach
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to trespass, entrude, make inroads upon, or take undue liberties with, by stealth or gradual advance
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interloper
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a meddler or one who intrudes on the rights or affairs of antoher
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indignity
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an insult or outrage or something that offends, humilites, or injures ones dignity or self respect
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foolhardy
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rash, foolishly bold, or recklessly daring implies taking unnessecary chances when there is almost no hope of succcess
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diabolic
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wicked, fiendish, having to do with the devil
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inquity
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wickeness, sin or injustince
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wanton
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senseless, unjustified, cruel, wasteful
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malefactor
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criminal, evil-doer, commits offense
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insidious
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sly entrap, underhanded, crafty
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flagrant
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scandalous, outrageous, obviously wrong
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repugnant
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repulsive, inconsistent, offensive
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eerie
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weird, mysterious feeling
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bogus
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counterfeit, or not genuine
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feign
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to pretend, imitate, or make falst show of
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hoodwink
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to decieve or pretend
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consummate
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perfect, extreme, supreme, or in the highest degree
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ultimate
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final, furthest, greatest possibility, or beyond which it is impossible to go
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finite
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having measureable or definite limits or bounds
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inconsiderable
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trivial, petty, unimportant, or not worthy of consideration
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parochial
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narrow, provincial, restricted or limited or scope or range
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integral
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essential to completeness, organically linked, complete or lacking nothing
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piecemeal
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made or accomplished piece by piece
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sundry
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carious, severeal, miscellaneous
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teem
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to abound, swarmm or be filled to overflowing
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prevalent
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widespread, or generally occuring, practiced or accepted
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copious
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plentiful or abundant
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exorbitant
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excessive, extravagant, or immmoderate
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tally
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to count and record
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