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20 Cards in this Set
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Acme
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the highest point
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Attribute
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a quality or characteristic
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Belittle
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to make something appear smaller than it is, to refer to something in a way that suggests lack of importance or value
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Convey
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to transport; to transmit; to make known;
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Doctorine
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a belif, principle, or teaching, a system of such beliefs or principles; a formulation of such beliefs or principles
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Excise
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to remove by cutting, an indirect tax on the manufacture, sale, or distrubution of a commodity or service
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Exotic
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forigen, charmingly unfamilliar or strikingly unusual.
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Haggard
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thin, plae, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering, wild-looking
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Jaunty
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livley, easy, and carerfree in manner; smart or trim in appearance
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Juncture
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a joining together; the point at which two things are joined. Any important point in time
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Menial
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lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity. A person who does the humble and unpleasant tasks
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Parry
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to ward off, fend off, deflect, evade, avoid. A defensive movement who does the humble and unpleasant tasks
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Predatory
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preying on, plundering, or piratical
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Ravage
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to destroy, lay waste, ruin. Ruinous damage, destruction.
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Stance
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a way of holding the body, an attitude or position on an issue
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Tawdry
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showy and flashy but lacking in good taste
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Turncoat
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a person who switches to an opposing side or party
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Unassuming
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not putting on airs, unpretentious, modest
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Wallow
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to roll about in a lazy, clumsy, or helpless way; to overindulge in; to have in abundance.
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Waver
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to move to and fro, become unsteady, to show lack of firmness or decision.
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