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20 Cards in this Set
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Abdicate
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to resign, formally give up an office or duty; to disown, discard
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Bestow
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to give as a gift; to provide with lodgings
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Capacious
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able to hold much, roomy
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Caustic
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able to burn or eat away by chemical action; biting, sarcastic
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Crusade
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a strong movement to advance a cause or idea; to campaign, eork vigorously
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Deface
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to injure or destroy the surface or appearence of; to damage the value, influence, or effect of; to face down, outshine
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Embargo
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an oreder forbidding the trade in or movement of commercial goods; any restraint or hindrance; to forbid to enter or leave port; to forbid trade with
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Fallacy
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a flase notion or belief; an error in thinking
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Levity
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a lack of seriousness or earnestness, espically about things taht should be treated with respect; buoyancy, lightness in weight
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Mendicant
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a beggar; depending on begging for a living
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Nauseate
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to make sick to the stomach; to fill with disgust
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Negate
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to nullify, deny, bring to nothing
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Pivotal
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vitally important, essential
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Recipient
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one who receives; receiving; able or willing to receive
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Ruse
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an action designed to confuse or mislead, a trick
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Teem
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to become filled to overflowing; to be present in large quanities
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Tenet
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an opinion, belief, or principle hedl to be true
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Tractable
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easily managed, easy to deal with; easily wrought, malleable
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Ungainly
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clumsy, awkward; unwiedly
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Voracious
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having a huge appetite, greedy, ravenous; excessively eager
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