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25 Cards in this Set
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Adversary
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Noun
Enenmy or opponent |
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Alienate
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Verb
To turn away, to make indifferent or hostile |
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Artifice
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Noun
Skillful or ingenious device, or a clever trick synonyms: ruse, stragem, contrivance |
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Coerce
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Verb
To compel,to force,bully |
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Craven
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Adjective
Cowardly noun a coward |
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Culinary
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Adjective
Cooking or the kitchen |
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Demise
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Noun
A death, especially of a person in a lofty or important position |
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Exhilarate
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Verb
Cheerup,give livliness, or to excite |
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Fallow
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Adjective
Plowed but not seeded, inactive |
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Harass
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Verb
To disurb, annoy, pester |
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Inclement
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Adjective
stormy, harsh, severe |
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Muse
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verb
to think about in a dreamy way, to daydream |
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Negligible
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adjective
insignificant, so unimportant that it can be disregarded |
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Perpetuate
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Verb
To make perminate, or long lasting, |
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Percedent
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Noun
Example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action, a guide or model |
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Punitive
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adjective
inflicting punishment, |
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Redress
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verb
to set right or correct noun relief from wrong or injury |
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Sojourn
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noun
a temporary stay verb to stay for a time |
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urbane
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adjective
refined in manner or style, elegant |
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Gossiping and back biting are bad habits that are bound to
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alienate
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Dictators try to _____ their subjects into obedience by threatening them or their families with punishment
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coerce
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During an ______ New England winter, heavy snowfalls may bring highway traffice to a standstill.
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inclement
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Philosophers have always ______ on the meaning of life
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mused
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No matter how short your _____ in Paris, you must take time to go to the Louvre.
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sojourn
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An ______ host puts guests at ease by appearing totally confident and unruffled no matter what happens
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urbane
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